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Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis

Photo by mmg565
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Description:

Red and black ant

Species ID Suggestions

Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis

Comments (2)

It is a female velvet ant (Dasymutilla sp.) I'm not 100% which one. Look through some here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/13118
Actually, a kind of wasp. The females are wingless. Can inflict a painful sting.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2013

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