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Pacific Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla aureola
28 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
Dasymutilla vestita
Sphaeropthalma unicolor
Common Eastern Velvet AntDasymutilla occidentalis
Dasymutilla erythrina
Magnificent Velvet AntDasymutilla magnifica
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| California | 6,941 |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 133 |
| Mexico | 72 |
| Baja California | 72 |
| Washington | 29 |
| Nevada | 25 |
| Idaho | 6 |
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 Pacific Velvet Ant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.