Female on Rocky Mountain Beeplant. These fuzzy little wasps are said to have a very painful sting if mishandled.

Species Dasymutilla creusa
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Mutillidae - Velvet Ants
Genus Dasymutilla
Species creusa - Dasymutilla creusa