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Eastern Velvet Ant "Cow Killer"

Dasymutilla occidentalis

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MrsPbio
MrsPbio 9 years ago

What's up with her thorax? Doesn't look like she's in very good shape, These are actually wasps, not ants, and only the males have wings. Which is why I said "she". Very cool creatures. Just don't mess with the ladies... their sting is excruciatingly painful.

Craig Lancaster
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Craig Lancaster

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Sep 19, 2014
Submitted on Sep 19, 2014

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