Dasymutilla foxi
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Dasymutilla foxi is a species of velvet ant found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. Dasymutilla foxi is locally common, and "setal coloration is highly variable; each of the body segments varies from whitish to reddish, and most eastern populations (Colorado, Kansas, Texas) have a black setal patch on the mesosoma."
This species was first described by entomologist Theodore D. A. Cockerell and is named for William J. Fox. Dasymutilla phoenix and Dasymutilla dugesii have been synonymized with this species. According to C. E. Mickel in 1928, "The females vary in size from 5 to 11 mm...A note on two of the specimens collected by Cockerell states that this species is parasitic in the nests of Diadasia species." Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dasymutilla foxi sighting in Saguaro National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 157th most-seen of the 354 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–July, September–October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dasymutilla foxi in Saguaro National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, August and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dasymutilla foxi sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Saguaro National Park, in our data
Saguaro National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dasymutilla foxi sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dasymutilla foxi is recorded against all the insects logged in Saguaro National Park (13 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
