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Velvet ant

Photo by djorigami04
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38.3967, -75.4102

Field Notes

Description:

Ant like, fuzzy, black and red

Habitat:

Grassy area on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Notes:

Weird

Species ID Suggestions

Red Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla spp.
chesterbperry
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Red Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis.
Jellis
2

Comments (2)
djorigami04
cool, thanks! we had a hard time taking a picture. we're going to research it more.
chesterbperry
Not true ants, they are actually wasps. The females lack wings and are very fast runners, hard to get a photo of them.

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The Color Red
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PublishedAugust 30, 2013

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