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Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)

This page features illustrations of the Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) in various formats such as PNG, SVG, and AI. Native to the eastern United States, this parasitoid wasp is often mistaken for an ant. Adults display aposematic coloration with black bodies and orange-red patterns on their thorax and abdomen, covered in dense, velvet-like hair. Due to their extremely painful sting, they are nicknamed "cow killers" and possess defense mechanisms like speed, warning coloration, sounds, chemical secretion, and venom.

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