What is this bug?
August 23, 2009
Can you please tell me what this bug is and if it is poisonous?
Belinda DiGerolamo
Carriere, MS
Hi Belinda,
This is a species of Velvet Ant known commonly as a Cowkiller because of its painful sting. The female Velvet Ants are flightless wasps, and the non-stinging males have wings.
What's That Bug? does not endorse extermination