Velvet Ants

Subject: night fliers! Location: Central Chile, Coastal Mountains (Matorral, rural) January 24, 2014 6:15 am Hi bugman, I have been perusing your site for years trying to identify this creature that enjoys flying into my eyes at night. I rarely see them during the day but as soon as the sun goes down, they begin … Read more

A word of appreciation May 30, 2011 2:48 pm I just wanted to tell you that I love your site.  I often spend hours on here, just randomly clicking on whatever catches my eye. I tell myself it’s not wasting time as it is educational!  Last weekend I went to the Victoria Bug Zoo in … Read more

Ant/Wasp/Fly hybrid in Baja June 5, 2010 We got invaded by these bugs a couple weeks ago. They were crazy and pesky keeping us up at night. They are reddish like an ant, with a striped abdomen like a wasp, a face like an ant and wings like a fly. Big beady eyes and I’m … Read more