Stridulation in several of these examples is for attracting a mate, or as a form of territorial behaviour, but can also be a warning signal ( acoustic aposematism, as in velvet ants and tarantulas ).
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The site is very important because it supports a range of rare and uncommon flora and fauna, including lesser skullcap, stag s-horn clubmoss and the velvet ant, which has not been recorded anywhere else in the County.
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The wings are present in only one sex ( often the male ) in some groups such as velvet ants and Strepsiptera, or are selectively lost in " workers " of social insects such as ants and termites.
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It is one of the species of jumping spiders which are mutillid wasps in the genus " Dasymutilla " ( commonly known as " velvet ants " ); several species of these wasps are similar in size and coloration, and possess a very painful sting.
