Dasymutilla occidentalis  (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Eastern Velvet Ant

Taxonomy

1. Order: Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758
2. Family: Mutillidae Latreille, 1802
3. Subfamily: Sphaeropthalminae Schuster, 1949
4. Tribe: incertae sedis
5. Genus: Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899
6. Species: occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1758)