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Velvet Ant

Ronisia barbarula

Description:

Velvet Ant female I'm guessing. Would love to ID this wasp.

Habitat:

Dry river bed.

2 Comments

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Thanks for this surekha, thats great! I've had a good trawl of Ronisia and it certainly seems closest to barbarula. I've got some other shots from different angles, so I'll upload them soon to be certain.

surekha
surekha 12 years ago

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictu...
with slightly different markings as well

craigwilliams
Spotted by
craigwilliams

Níjar, Andalucía, Spain

Spotted on Apr 6, 2011
Submitted on Oct 8, 2011

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