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Red and black stripes, velvet looking appearance
Found in the meadows amongst wild flowers.
Velvet
Orange and black fuzzy stripes. Six legs. Hissing sound.
This is actually a female wasp. Adults are nectar-feeders but the larvae are ...
A red and black wingless wasp covered in velvety hair. About 3/4"long.
Also known as eastern velvet ant. It is ...
These insects are wasps, not ants. Females ...
Females recognized by large size, bold black-and-orange pattern, thorax longer ...
Crazy looking ant?! Looks like he gives a ...
Found him while on a walk; he was wandering, solitarily, in a clover patch.
Bright red spider with black bands across its legs and back. Resembles the Red ...
This "Ant" is actually a wingless female ...
The Eastern Velvet Ant is actually a wasp ...
, but inflict a mean sting giving them another name "
painful sting, said to be strong enough to kill a
The bug was about an inch in length including the antennae. It has 6 black ...
Stings and makes a squeaky sound when started- is actually a wasp! Females ...