orange/black bee/ant? - Timulla grotei

Moved

Moved from Timulla.

… George Waldren, 22 September, 2007 - 1:31pm

Timulla grotei

I am guessing this is from somewhere between the Sierra Nevada mountains and Rocky Mountains. Luckily, this is one of the 2 photo IDable species in the genus. This one has the abdomen black, and is missing the paired longitudinal stripes on the base of the second segment. The other species, T. suspensa, is recognizable by having those stripes run all the way from the base to the apex of the second segment. All the other species I've seen have 2 parallel stripes that only cover about half of the abdomen.

… Kevin Williams, 18 September, 2007 - 1:36pm

This bug was probably found i

This bug was probably found in New Mexico. I have had it for a long time and am not sure where it came from. I have never collected in Nevada. I was trying to get the bugs in my collection identified before I got rid of them. Thank you for the info. One of the reasons for wanting to get rid of the collections is that they are getting damaged (as you noticed parts missing). I collected to teach my children about different kinds of insects.

… Brenda Tramel, 22 September, 2007 - 10:58pm

This is definitely in the gen

This is definitely in the genus timulla, but other than that I can't ID this one.

… William Ericson, 5 August, 2007 - 3:37pm

That's what...

I was going to guess, but I didn't want to make a fool of myself:-)

Will, didn't you write once that you had some more spider wasps for me? Contact me by e-mail if you still have some. Maybe we can trade some stuff or I could keep trying to collect some Mutillids (not going very well, btw :-(

… Nick Fensler, 6 August, 2007 - 9:32am

Hmm

You may be confusing William with me. I do have a spider wasp for you, I just don't know how to send it. The bottle I have it in is known to leak ... email me if you have some ideas. As for trading, I don't do too much trading of specimens, I like to find my own (a bit of and OCD thing with me)

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 August, 2007 - 6:52pm

No...

he has some spider wasps for me, as well. I'm ridding myself of some of my extra specimens in return. Actually, I believe it is illegal to send alcohol through first class mail. I've only ever sent pinned insects so that's never been a problem for me. I'll think about it and e-mail you.

… Nick Fensler, 26 August, 2007 - 11:32am

Velvet Ant...

actually a wasp. It's a female...almost all female Velvet Ants are wingless (I think there are a few exceptions?). I'm not going to venture a guess on genus, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who can.

… Nick Fensler, 4 August, 2007 - 9:45pm