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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) » Sphaeropthalminae » Pseudomethocini » Pseudomethoca » Pseudomethoca frigida
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Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca frigida - female
Copyright © 2010 Sam Houston

Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca frigida - Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 31, 2010
Size: 5mm (3/16")
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 3 June, 2010 - 8:47am
Last updated 8 June, 2010 - 11:38am

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… John S. Ascher, 8 June, 2010 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

Pseudomethoca frigida
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… George Waldren, 5 June, 2010 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice find!
First for Oklahoma, or anything close to that western for the guide! Just the same...hope they don't sting you!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 6 June, 2010 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

 
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Nah, the cow killers are the only ones I watch out for.
… Sam Houston, 7 June, 2010 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

That's quite a color!
Are they predisposed to sting?
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 3 June, 2010 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
for info
look up "cow killer ant"

maybe the sting isn't too bad with this species, but with some VA's, it's really bad. they are wasps!
… widowman10, 3 June, 2010 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, cow killer doesn't make me feel real easy...
...and I did read that they were wasps. In a sense all ants are wasps, but these ones really are!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 5 June, 2010 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

 
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I don't know about this particular species but others we have here in Oklahoma can definitely put a hurtin' on ya. :-)
… Sam Houston, 3 June, 2010 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

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