Image of Dasymutilla Ashmead 1899

Description:

At a low magnification of only 24X, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showed the head region from an anterior view of a female velvet ant, Dasymutilla sp.. Note the two laterally positioned eyes, the anterior pair of antennae, each attached to the head by a rounded "scape", the numerous hairs or setae adorning almost all exterior surfaces, and the jointed legs, from which the insects Phylum Arthropoda is derived, i.e., Arthro = jointed, and poda leg. Also see PHIL 4638, 6363, and 6364 for photographs of the ant revealing its coloration, and velvety covering of external chitinous hairs
Created: 2007