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31-JUL-2006

IMG_23441.jpg

A male "velvet ant" (actually a member of the hairy wasp family) and is commonly called a Cow Killer due to the very pain sting the insect can deliver to a human. The male has wings and flies while the female (see earlier photos) does not have wings and hence how the furie bug gets the ant relationship in the name.

Canon EOS 30D
1/2000s f/7.1 at 200.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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