Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Velvet Ant

Description:

Red Velvet Ant with wings.

Habitat:

Forest

Notes:

I found on my walking at Magnolia Plantation SC

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago
Cow Killer also called Red Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla occidentalis


Sign in to suggest organism ID

9 Comments

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

hey zaelcela the photo is of female then.

ZaelCela
ZaelCela 11 years ago

Thanks to all,
I have one cow killer photo, but don't have wings,

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

nice spotting,

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

It is a family Mutilidae species Dasymutilla occidentalis

http://bugguide.net/node/view/10131
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/399/...

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

yh jolly is right its a male from Mutillidae family.
females are wingless.

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Pretty..i love that colour..

brenolmorris
brenolmorris 11 years ago

Yes, family Mutilidae.

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

yes males are winged

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Red ant male?

ZaelCela
Spotted by
ZaelCela

South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 15, 2012

Related Spottings

Velvet Ant Velvet ant Velvet Ant Eastern Velvet Ant

Nearby Spottings

Cattle egret Peacock American Alligator Great Blue Heron
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team