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Wasp hairy orange and black wings, it did spend a lot of time inthis bush but I couldn't tell if it was eating or not but it was looking for something. About 3 cm long (1.17 inches). Mutillidae Family.
Seni desert hills with little vegetation
Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2012
9 Comments
Good to know Adell
It hurts when you step on those..
Thank you Livan for the ID
I know the velvet ants but this wasp was 4 times bigger than the velvet ants
Yes, as Juan said this is one of the Velvet Ants (Dasymutilla sp.) I believe. It looks to me most like Dasymutilla calorata, but there are many similar. You may just want to call it a Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla sp.) for now.
You can look through some here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13118/bgpa...
Thank you Mayra
Great macro Stevens!!!
Gracias por el ID Juan
Hola Luis, este no es un Bumblebee, esas son abejas. Esta es una avispa (macho) de la familia Mutilidae