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A little bigger than a black ant. Wasp-like.
Found dead.
Spotted on Sep 30, 2011
Submitted on Oct 12, 2011
4 Comments
Hi Ronald and Amissa, please consider adding this wasp spotting to the mission
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1244...
yes, looks more like a Bradynobaenidae. Besides the Stinger, it also has an "ant like" knot between the torax and the abdomen
Looking more closely I'm pretty sure I see a stinger. Guess this isn't a male after all.
This could be a wasp in the family Bradynobaenidae (http://bugguide.net/node/view/77371) or a male Mutillid (http://bugguide.net/node/view/159/). These two families can look a lot alike.