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Small Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca - female
Copyright © 2008 Cotinis

Small Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca - Female
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
March 22, 2008
Size: 8-10 mm
Another image showing the shape of the mesosoma--constricted in the middle to give an hourglass shape. Note, also, "Head, in dorsal view, less than twice the width of mesosoma" (Univ. Florida--Velvet Ants).

Compare figure 5--Dorsal view of Pseudometheca simillima in the Univ. Florida key:
    

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Contributed by Cotinis on 25 March, 2008 - 9:27am
Last updated 25 March, 2008 - 1:02pm

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