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Photo by Susan B
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Field Notes

Description:

Fuzzy orange, no wings, body of an ant.

Habitat:

woods

Notes:

I captured him, took a pic and then released.

Species ID Suggestions

velvet ant

Mutillidae
KarenSaxton
2

Cow Killer

Dasymutilla occidentalis

Reference Link
bandhturtlesite
2

Comments (1)
jacberry
Females are wingless. Males have wings and are rarely seen.
Photographed
PublishedMarch 3, 2012

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