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Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca spp? - Pseudomethoca simillima - female
Copyright © 2009 Audrey R Hoff

Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca spp? - Pseudomethoca simillima - Female
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: ~8-10 mm
I found this Velvet Ant on a Box Elder (Acer negundo) sapling. I didn't even realize that it was a Velvet Wasp until looking at BugGuide images. Can it be ID'd down to species?

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Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca spp? - Pseudomethoca simillima - female Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca spp? - Pseudomethoca simillima - female Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca spp? - Pseudomethoca simillima - female
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Contributed by kestrel360 on 7 July, 2009 - 10:39pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 11:53pm

Moved
Moved from Pseudomethoca.
… kestrel360, 8 July, 2009 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

Wow.
Your images are way better than mine:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 July, 2009 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Captured and Chilled
Hi Eric! I captured and chilled her for about 10 minuntes, then put her in the vial cap (bright white background) and fired off a bunch of photos! These are greatly enlarged and cropped. And, yes, she did warm up quickly!
… kestrel360, 8 July, 2009 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Pseudomethoca simillima
The small "teeth" on the propodeum and shapes of the head and thorax ID this as P. simillima.
… George Waldren, 8 July, 2009 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, George
Thanks for the quick ID.
… kestrel360, 8 July, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

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