Dasymutilla klugii, also known as Klug's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant.
[1] Found in south-central North America from Utah to Puebla, it is the most commonly encountered velvet ant in Texas.
[1]: 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).
[1]: 84 The specific name honors German entomologist Johann C. F.
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