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Velvet ant

Description:

Ant like, fuzzy, black and red

Habitat:

Grassy area on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Notes:

Weird

2 Species ID Suggestions

Red Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla spp.
Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago
Red Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla occidentalis.


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2 Comments

djorigami04
djorigami04 10 years ago

cool, thanks! we had a hard time taking a picture. we're going to research it more.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 10 years ago

Not true ants, they are actually wasps. The females lack wings and are very fast runners, hard to get a photo of them.

djorigami04
Spotted by
djorigami04

Pittsville, Maryland, USA

Spotted on Aug 2, 2013
Submitted on Aug 30, 2013

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