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Velvet AntsDouble red headed bug?
Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Hi,
I was mineral hounding in southern california a few days ago and found this bug(?) underneath a stone. Although the picture isn`t good, you can recognize its kind of fluffy red head, the antennae and the six legs. The the size was just below an inch.
Thank you for your help
Patrick
Riverside, California
Velvet Ant
Hi Patrick,
Your photo is blurry, and we are far from experts in the genus Dasymutilla, the Velvet Ants. Female Velvet Ants are flightless wasps that can sting painfully. The harmless male wasps have wings. If we were to hazard a guess, we would saty that this is Dasymutilla aureola pacifica based on images posted to BugGuide.
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