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8/27/05

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis

Dividing Creek, NJ

A velvet ant is actually a wingless wasp, which demonstrates how similar and closely related ants are to wasps. (Conversely, winged carpenter ants look quite a bit like small wasps).


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Cliff Bernzweig23-Aug-2006 01:09
Brittanie,

Thanks for the comment. I think in certain light this species appears orange. On this day it was not very sunny so it looks dark. I have no idea why they are fuzzy.
Brittanie 22-Aug-2006 21:12
Hi,

That's one cool velvet ant you've got there. I've seen these before. The last on I came across was orange but it had the same color pattern as yours. Could it be a color variation?

Brittanie

P.S Do you know why they're so fuzzy?