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How a velvet ant (which is a wasp) got its white fuzz

At the foot of certain bushes in the Mojave Desert, fluffy white specks glide like weeds in the sand. Some are fruits: harmless and fuzzy orbs dropped by the creosote bush. Others are non-white wasps of the Dasymutilla gloriosa species, which have painful stingers and luxurious, silky hair. The fruit …

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