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Velvet Ant

Description:

Red and black ant.

Habitat:

Tributary

1 Species ID Suggestions

Red velvet ant
Dasymutilla occidentalis Red velvet ant or "cow killer"


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6 Comments

daisy20
daisy20 11 years ago

the black and red ant looks like its poisonones.It has two black antinas and two black eyes.Its looking for food to eat.

NoahJones
NoahJones 12 years ago

Make sure one of these don't sting you. They hurt real bad. Also only the females are wingless. The males have wings.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Very cool! Do you have any idea which species this one is Laura?

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/746...

marcus.durr
marcus.durr 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID. We use to see a lot of these guys but I think the numbers are decreasing.

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

wow!

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

Oh awesome finding! This is called a velvet ant, and is actually a kind of wingless wasp! Amazing little things :D

marcus.durr
Spotted by
marcus.durr

Douglasville, Georgia, USA

Spotted on Aug 17, 2011
Submitted on Aug 17, 2011

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