Velvet Ant

Mutilidae, Hymenoptera, Trogaspidia sp.

A beautiful red black white dotted velvet ant. It was 1.5 cm along length.

Lower Himalayas.

They are actually wasps. The females are wingless.

MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow!

Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Thanks Ashish.

Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Super series...

Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Thanks. :)

Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

wonderful.

Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Thanks Juan. I was guessing it might be something else. Thanks again for helping.

Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Hi Harsha Singh. This insect is commonly called Velvet ant, yet is not an ant, is a wingless wasp from Mutilidae family.

Spotted by
Harsha Singh

Spotted on Oct 10, 2012
Submitted on Oct 10, 2012