Dasymutilla pseudopappus

Dasymutilla pseudopappus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Mutillidae

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Dasymutilla pseudopappus
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY

Dasymutilla pseudopappus lives in North America, especially the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. It looks similar to Dasymutilla imperialis, D. thetis, and D. gloriosa, and was once considered a subspecies of D. gloriosa.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Dasymutilla pseudopappus lives in North America, especially the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It looks similar to Dasymutilla imperialis, D. thetis, and D. gloriosa, and was once considered a subspecies of D. gloriosa.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Dasymutilla pseudopappus photo 2
Photo: Laura Steadman, CC BY
Dasymutilla pseudopappus photo 3
Photo: Nancy Overholtz, CC BY-SA
Dasymutilla pseudopappus photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Dasymutilla pseudopappus photo 5
Photo: Victor Heng, CC BY

Same family (Mutillidae)

Common Eastern Velvet AntCommon Eastern Velvet AntDasymutilla occidentalisCan stingDasymutilla vestitaDasymutilla vestitaCan stingDasymutilla vestaDasymutilla vestaMagnificent Velvet AntMagnificent Velvet AntDasymutilla magnificaThistledown Velvet AntThistledown Velvet AntDasymutilla gloriosaCan stingDasymutilla foxiDasymutilla foxi

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasymutilla_pseudopappus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.

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