Dasymutilla klugii
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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. Velv
Klug's Velvet Ant imported from i Naturalist photo 323202091 on 10 August 2024
Cicada
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The cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The sup
Dasymutilla klugii
…commonly encountered velvet ant in Texas. Velvet ants are actually parasitic wasps, among the species used by D. klugii to incubate their young are cicada-killer wasps (Sphecius grandis). The specific name honors German entomologist Johann C. F. Klug…
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A 17-year cicada, Magicicada, Robert Evans Snodgrass, 1930
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