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Velvet Ant

Ronisia barbarula

Photo by craigwilliams
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Field Notes

Description:

Velvet Ant female I'm guessing. Would love to ID this wasp.

Habitat:

Dry river bed.

Species ID Suggestions

velvet ant

Ronisia barbarula

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surekha
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Comments (2)
craigwilliams
Thanks for this surekha, thats great! I've had a good trawl of Ronisia and it certainly seems closest to barbarula. I've got some other shots from different angles, so I'll upload them soon to be certain.
surekha
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/4313033493/ with slightly different markings as well

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
Photographed
PublishedOctober 8, 2011

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