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Timulla dubitata Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been &quot;unsealed&quot;. A little &quot;cap&quot; was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I&#039;m assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven&#039;t seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren&#039;t a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html" title="Timulla dubitata ♀"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/65477_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2BqFc8IUtATIlnNPy8YFthMMxtNQ%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Timulla dubitata ♀ There were several of these in a disturbed area at the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 23, 2018.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65478/unknown_mutillid_wasp.html Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States" /></a></figure><br />
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Puparium (with wasp inside):<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117995/timulla_dubitata_puparium.html" title="Timulla dubitata puparium"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/117995_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=UrpFXWT%2BGAZQlEh61JQN%2F3HcPcE%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Timulla dubitata puparium ID Tentative.<br />
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Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been &quot;unsealed&quot;. A little &quot;cap&quot; was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I&#039;m assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven&#039;t seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren&#039;t a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html<br />
Empty puparium:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117996/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117994/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117993/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871<br />
 Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States" /></a></figure><br />
Empty puparium:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117996/timulla_dubitata_puparium.html" title="Timulla dubitata puparium"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/117996_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ie6thK68kwWQu73Zkr79VhBGM00%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Timulla dubitata puparium ID Tentative.<br />
<br />
Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been &quot;unsealed&quot;. A little &quot;cap&quot; was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I&#039;m assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven&#039;t seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren&#039;t a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html<br />
<br />
Puparium (with wasp inside):<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117995/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117994/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117993/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
 Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States" /></a></figure><br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117994/timulla_dubitata.html" title="Timulla dubitata"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/117994_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=LWibZW%2FtaEC73OeWp5zB9e7jJMQ%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Timulla dubitata Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been &quot;unsealed&quot;. A little &quot;cap&quot; was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I&#039;m assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven&#039;t seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren&#039;t a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html<br />
<br />
Puparium (with wasp inside):<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117995/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Empty puparium:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117996/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117993/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871<br />
<br />
<br />
 Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States" /></a></figure><br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
<a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871" rel="nofollow">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871</a><br />
<br />
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Timulla dubitata

Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been "unsealed". A little "cap" was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I'm assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven't seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren't a visual match for this).
Female:

Timulla dubitata ♀ There were several of these in a disturbed area at the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US. August 23, 2018.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65478/unknown_mutillid_wasp.html Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States


Puparium (with wasp inside):
Timulla dubitata puparium ID Tentative.<br />
<br />
Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been "unsealed". A little "cap" was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I'm assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven't seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren't a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html<br />
Empty puparium:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117996/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117994/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117993/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871<br />
 Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States

Empty puparium:
Timulla dubitata puparium ID Tentative.<br />
<br />
Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been "unsealed". A little "cap" was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I'm assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven't seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren't a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html<br />
<br />
Puparium (with wasp inside):<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117995/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117994/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117993/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
 Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States


Freshly emerged male:
Timulla dubitata Jason found an intact puparium (pictured below) when he was shoveling some soil in our yard. I decided to put it in a jar in order to determine a species. Around 24 hours later, I went to check the jar and noticed that it had been "unsealed". A little "cap" was hanging loose. It took me a couple of minutes, but I finally found the former tenant hiding within a leaf that I had placed in the jar. I'm assuming this is a male T. dubitata as it is our most common Mutillid in this area of our land (I haven't seen any other species minus Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla occidentalis, but those aren't a visual match for this).<br />
Female:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65477/timulla_dubitata_.html<br />
<br />
Puparium (with wasp inside):<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117995/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Empty puparium:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117996/timulla_dubitata_puparium_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Freshly emerged male:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117993/timulla_dubitata_possibly.html<br />
<br />
Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:<br />
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871<br />
<br />
<br />
 Geotagged,Summer,Timulla dubitata,United States


Interesting conversation over at iNaturalist:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871


    comments (6)

  1. Love it! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Very squee-worthy, right!? Posted 4 years ago
      1. VERY! Posted 4 years ago
        1. ID pretty much confirmed :D cool conversation going on over at iNaturalist! i feel like such a noob:
          https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86067871
          Posted 4 years ago
  2. Great shot Lisa Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thank you so much! It was so fresh. You can see some material left on its body from the emergence from the puparium! Posted 4 years ago

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A species of velvet ant in the Mutillidae family.

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Jul 7, 2021. Captured Jul 5, 2021 07:56 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/22.0
  • 1/83s
  • ISO5000
  • 100mm