Dasymutilla aureola

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	'''''Dasymutilla aureola''''', also known as the '''Pacific velvet ant''', is a species of [[velvet ant]] ~~in the~~ family [[Mutillidae]], found in the western United States. It has a large, square-shaped head and red, yellow, or orange hair.{{Cite book \|last=Will \|first=Kip \|title=Field Guide to California Insects \|last2=Gross \|first2=Joyce \|last3=Rubinoff \|first3=Daniel \|last4=Powell \|first4=Jerry A. \|publisher=[[University of California Press]] \|year=2020 \|isbn=9780520288744 \|location=Oakland, California \|pages=447}}		'''''Dasymutilla aureola''''', also known as the '''Pacific velvet ant''', is a species of wasp in the [[velvet ant]] family [[Mutillidae]], found in the western United States. It has a large, square-shaped head and red, yellow, or orange hair.{{Cite book \|last=Will \|first=Kip \|title=Field Guide to California Insects \|last2=Gross \|first2=Joyce \|last3=Rubinoff \|first3=Daniel \|last4=Powell \|first4=Jerry A. \|publisher=[[University of California Press]] \|year=2020 \|isbn=9780520288744 \|location=Oakland, California \|pages=447}}
	[[File:Dasymutilla aureola female and male specimen.jpg\|alt=Two preserved Dasymutilla aureola specimens from a museum\|thumb\|Female (left), without wings, and male (right), with wings. ]]		[[File:Dasymutilla aureola female and male specimen.jpg\|alt=Two preserved Dasymutilla aureola specimens from a museum\|thumb\|Female (left), without wings, and male (right), with wings. ]]