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BugFiles Pictures: Velvet Ant, Cow Killer (Dasymutilla occidentalis), 1 by linthicum

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Photo of Velvet Ant, Cow Killer (<i>Dasymutilla occidentalis</i>)
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Velvet Ant, Cow Killer (Dasymutilla occidentalis)

These insects are wasps, not ants. Females are wingless and covered with dense hair, superficially resembling ants.