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Spotting Image 1

Description:

What I thought was an Ant turned out to be a flightless female wasp that very closely resembles an Ant. Approx. 6mm long, it was running around digging in the sand but froze still when I got close with the camera.

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slugu
slugu 8 years ago
velvet ant
Mutillidae


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3 Comments

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 8 years ago

Nice spotting. Velvet ant, fam. Mutillidae; cannot get any closer.

Vinny
Vinny 8 years ago

Thanks trigs, helps when they sit perfectly still :)

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

Wow! Lovely image Vinny.

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Vinny
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Vinny

Northern Territory, Australia

Spotted on Feb 28, 2016
Submitted on Feb 28, 2016

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