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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

South American Velvet Ant

Traumatomutilla indica

About

A large tropical velvet ant with striking black and orange patterns. Despite its species name, it is native to South America and not India.

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Did You Know?

Its species name 'indica' was assigned in error and does not reflect its true South American distribution.