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Red Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis

Description:

a female "cow killer". It's actually a flightless wasp.

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13 Comments

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago

My apologies: Administrators have changed "Wasps of the World" to a local mission, "Wasps of Colorado, USA." Please consider adding to this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9004..., "Hymenoptera of the World." Thank you.

yes it does :)

VichenteIbañeez
VichenteIbañeez 11 years ago

This is a wanderful ant

MichaelWeymannWenzel
MichaelWeymannWenzel 11 years ago

Fantastic color!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Nice spotting!

ouch!

thanks!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

WOW! Very cool!

well it's the female wasp :)

thanks! It's a wasp :)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Such a gorgeous ant! (or wasp?)

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

♥ ♥ ♥

South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Dec 7, 2012
Submitted on Dec 7, 2012

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