There are about 8,000 species in the wasp family Mutillidae. This group is more commonly known as velvet ants, a name that comes from the females' resemblance to large, hairy ants. Velvet ants are ...
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 92, No. 1 (Mar., 2009), pp. 43-53 (11 pages) The mature larvae of Bembix bidentata and one of its chrysidid and mutillid parasitoids are described and illustrated, and ...