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Velvet ant

Hoplomutilla spinosa

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•They look like ants, but they are wasps. The wingless females resemble large, hairy ants.
•They are known for their extremely painful sting.
•The colors are used as aposematic signals.

Habitat:

-I saw this velvet ant in Angra dos Reis (RJ, Brazil)

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