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flying ant?

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Field Notes

Description:

6-7mm long

Habitat:

Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by night light. Limestone outcrop in foothills of Los Serranos mountains.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Paul Davis
Hi Malcolm ,I think it is a species of Velvet Ant ,which are actually wasps ----Mutillidae.The females are wingless ,but the males have wings .

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
Mission
Mission WILD
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedDecember 17, 2014

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