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Cow Killer Velvet Ant Pin

The Roving House · sold by The Roving House · $15.00 · out of stock

Not actually an ant but a species of parasitoid wasp, Dasymutilla occidentalis can be found throughout much of the United States. Females are completely wingless, while males fly in search of mates, which they sometimes carry off the ground. These insects are parasites, with different species preferring different bee or wasp hosts. Most hosts are ground-dwelling bees, so the female never needs to be airborne herself. When she spots a host’s burrow, she deposits her own egg near the hapless host’s young. The velvet ant larva feeds on its host until it pupates in the safety of the nest and then…

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