#Mutillidae
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measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-15 08:40 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-15 08:40 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-15 08:40 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 5 public posts (spanning ~11639 hours).
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Yay! I CAN share images. You were right, @Cyborgneticz , the server(s) was being upgraded over the weekend. This is is fairly typical of the types of posts I will likely make, i.e., close-up shots of #insects, often in the order #Hymenopter
Gonna have to add this one to the bug library. #Insects #Entomology #Mutillidae #Wasps https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691212043/velvet-ants-of-north-america
My favorite wingless insect is not a fly but a whole family of wasps: the velvet ants. Here, an American one. Note only females are wingless. The power of their sting is also the stuff of legend. Dasymutilla flammifera, female. https://www.
What “mutillidae” means
WikipediaVelvet ants (Mutillidae) are a family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their resemblance to an ant, and their dense pile of hair, which most often is bright scarlet or orange, but may also be black, white, silver, or gold. Their bright colors serve as aposematic signals. They are known for their extremely painful sting, which has resulted in the common name "cow killer" or "cow ant" being applied to the
“Velvet ant” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#mutillidae across platforms
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