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Klug's Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla klugii
Dasymutilla klugii, also known as Klug's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant. Found in south-central North America from Utah to Puebla, it is the most commonly encountered velvet ant in Texas.: 84 Velvet ants are actually parasitic wasps, among the species used by D. klugii used to incubate their young are cicada-killer wasps (Sphecius grandis).: 84
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146613.