What does a velvet ant eat?
It eats nectar, and its larvae are parasitic on some insect larvae.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods
Class
Bugs
Order
Bees
Family
Velvet ants
Genus
Cow killer
Species
A velvet ant (Dasymutilla vesta)
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