w1
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Post by w1 on May 22, 2013 2:28:57 GMT -8
Any mutillid collectors? Started last year. Really enjoy looking at the different species. Already caught aureola and sackenii this season. Like to see pics of peoples drawers. Mine are vialed for now. What are people's favorites. Mine favorite is sackenii so far.
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evra
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Post by evra on Jun 3, 2013 15:24:17 GMT -8
My personal favorite is Dasymutilla gloriosa, the little white puffball. I collect mutillids when I see them, which is not very frequently.
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czmz
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Post by czmz on Jun 18, 2013 19:34:33 GMT -8
I have a little Chinese species. Attachments:
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w1
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Post by w1 on Jul 2, 2013 6:21:52 GMT -8
I'm not the only one good to hear. D gloriosa are nice little puffballs. Have d sackenii in my neighborhood. Have taken approx 100# mutillid specimens this year. Anybody have special ways of dispatching mutillids? Get frustrated filling my jars full of sand.
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Post by zdenol123 on Jul 16, 2013 2:34:22 GMT -8
Get frustrated filling my jars full of sand. soft leather gloves and/or tweezers  |
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bugman52
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Post by bugman52 on Jul 18, 2013 13:05:52 GMT -8
I like the tiny little ones like Lomachaeta.
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w1
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Post by w1 on Jul 22, 2013 1:39:04 GMT -8
Have a Myrmilloides grandiceps in my collection. My favorite specimen in that department.
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Post by coleophile on Aug 14, 2013 12:07:33 GMT -8
My specimens, accumulated over a few years. Mostly western U.S. species. 
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w1
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Post by w1 on Aug 14, 2013 18:31:42 GMT -8
Second pic top middle. Excellent! Congrats.
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Post by coleophile on Aug 15, 2013 16:59:24 GMT -8
Thanks - D. nocturna. The males came to a black light. Here's my favorite of my various mutillids: Dasymutilla satanas.  |
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w1
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Post by w1 on Aug 15, 2013 23:16:15 GMT -8
Any success with male sackeni?
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Post by coleophile on Aug 18, 2013 15:20:51 GMT -8
Yes, in that image on the left with a bunch of unit trays, there's a male D. sackenii below two females.
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w1
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Post by w1 on Aug 18, 2013 15:47:25 GMT -8
Any advice on that species? Been trying for a couple years
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Post by coleophile on Jan 12, 2016 14:43:11 GMT -8
Sorry - am only a couple YEARS late in replying!! I find D. sackeni in coastal sage scrub-type habitat, or chaparral, in southern Cali. Spring or summer, walking the trails. The males look like bees and fly close to the ground (at least that is what I have seen them do). It's always worth checking out what look like bees circling low to the ground - sometimes they are male mutillids.
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