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Magnificent Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla magnifica
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Klug's Velvet AntDasymutilla klugii
Dasymutilla vestita
Pacific Velvet AntDasymutilla aureola
Dasymutilla nogalensis
Dasymutilla gorgon
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 982 |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 780 |
| California | 357 |
| Mexico | 61 |
| Utah | 43 |
| Nevada | 36 |
| Sonora | 32 |
| Baja California | 27 |
| New Mexico | 13 |
| Colorado | 10 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Velvet Ants · Mutillidae |
| Genus | Dasymutilla |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Magnificent Velvet Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.