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Dasymutilla occidentalis
A wasp
In the garden.
Thank you Scott!
Velvet ant, "cow killer", Dasymutilla occidentalis: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg3...
paper wasp...?
It looks like a red velvet ant, which is actually a wasp. I hear that their stings are very painful.
Spotted on Aug 5, 2011 Submitted on Aug 6, 2011
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Thank you Scott!
Velvet ant, "cow killer", Dasymutilla occidentalis: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg3...
paper wasp...?
It looks like a red velvet ant, which is actually a wasp. I hear that their stings are very painful.