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Photos of the various species of velvet ants tested with multiple predators in this study. Dasymutilla occidentalis and Dasymutilla vesta occur in the Eastern United States (Eastern mimicry ring), while the remaining species occur in the Western United States and are part of the Western mimicry ring
