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wingless wasp/ant? - Timulla - female
Copyright © 2009 Bill DuPree

wingless wasp/ant? - Timulla - Female
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
August 19, 2009
feeding on mint blossoms

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wingless wasp/ant? - Timulla - female wingless wasp/ant? - Timulla - female
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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 19 August, 2009 - 5:09pm
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 4:24pm

Timulla sp.
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 28 September, 2009 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Moving to family in hopes that your image will be reviewed again and possibly assigned a more specific ID...
… Harsi S. Parker, 23 September, 2009 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

What a cutie!
That's a velvet ant! which is really a wingless female wasp! the males have wings, though!
… Breanna Lyle, 19 August, 2009 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the info, Breanna.
… Bill DuPree, 19 August, 2009 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

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