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Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Wasp hairy orange and black wings, it did spend a lot of time inthis bush but I couldn't tell if it was eating or not but it was looking for something.
About 3 cm long (1.17 inches). Mutillidae Family.

Habitat:

Seni desert hills with little vegetation

Reference Links:

Mutillidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Adell
It hurts when you step on those..
LuisStevens
I know the velvet ants but this wasp was 4 times bigger than the velvet ants
LivanEscudero
Yes, as Juan said this is one of the Velvet Ants (Dasymutilla sp.) I believe. It looks to me most like Dasymutilla calorata, but there are many similar. You may just want to call it a Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla sp.) for now. You can look through some here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/13118/bgpage?from=0
Juan DiTrani
Hola Luis, este no es un Bumblebee, esas son abejas. Esta es una avispa (macho) de la familia Mutilidae

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PublishedJuly 3, 2012

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