Biology:Timulla ferrugata
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Short description: Species of velvet ants
| Timulla ferrugata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Timulla |
| Species: | T. ferrugata
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| Binomial name | |
| Timulla ferrugata (Fabricius, 1805)[1]
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Timulla ferrugata is a species of velvet ant, of the Timulla genus, the species lives in the southeastern United States.[2][3] The species has an orange color on almost all of its body, the beak and rear are brown and dark orange.[4][5][6]
Size
The species measures 5 to 10 mm of length. The female is larger than the male.
Alimentation
The species eat fruits, insects, and small nammals. It is a social species, which walks in large groups of up to 100 individuals or more.
References
- ↑ "Timulla ferrugata". https://eol.org/pages/52601221.
- ↑ "Timulla ferrugata". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/876894-Timulla-ferrugata.
- ↑ George Waldren, George Waldren. "Timulla ferrugata". September 13, 2012. https://bugguide.net/node/view/703314.
- ↑ bdedo, bdedo. "Timulla ferrugata". 2010. https://bugguide.net/node/view/427218.
- ↑ "Timulla". https://www.gbif.org/species/4669498.
- ↑ Jeff Hollenbeck, Jeff Hollenbeck. "Timulla ferrugata". 2007. https://bugguide.net/node/view/111655.
Wikidata ☰ Q130548630 entry
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