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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Mutillinae » Trogaspidiini » Timulla
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Wasp - Timulla
Copyright © 2007 Steve Kortum

Wasp - Timulla
Weldon Spring, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
July 15, 2007
Could not find a match. Need help with an ID.
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Contributed by Steve Kortum on 16 July, 2007 - 7:31pm
Last updated 30 August, 2007 - 12:04am

Timulla sp., male
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 30 August, 2007 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

Pseudomethoca?
I'm leaning toward that genus, anyway. I feel it is quite safe assigning it to mutillids:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 August, 2007 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Male Mutillid
Dasymutilla sp., maybe?
… Nick Fensler, 16 July, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Might it be
Could it be a Scoliid?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 6 August, 2007 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe...
maybe not. I was just making the ID based on Velvet Ants and Scoliids I have seen...I'm not so sure the photo is detailed enough for me to refute YOUR ID, however. Maybe another wasp expert will weigh in.
… Nick Fensler, 7 August, 2007 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
You know
You know way way way more than me. I only suggested it because the Mutillids I've seen have a shorter abdomen, with a different shape to it. It's a cool insect in any case!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 7 August, 2007 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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