Bug FAQDasymutilla vesta
Dasymutilla vesta · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Mutillidae
Dasymutilla vesta is a species that occurs widely across North America. It is found throughout the continent in many habitats.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
This species is widespread throughout North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives in many parts of North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range covers the whole of North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 35 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Colorado, Texas, Wyoming, Illinois, Tennessee, New Mexico, Ohio.
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
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Mutillidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasymutilla_ursus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.