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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 © 2011 tom murray

Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca frigida - Female
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 14, 2011
Size: 6.2mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2011 - 5:59pm
Last updated 18 July, 2011 - 6:01pm

Right on, P. frigida
Moved from Pseudomethoca.
… George Waldren, 18 July, 2011 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pseudomethoca frigida.
OK Jordan, I'll keep in in the genus page for now. I did photograph a P. frigida a couple years ago not far from this location.
… tom murray, 18 July, 2011 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
Thanks Jordan.
… tom murray, 17 July, 2011 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, don't take my word for it
Oh, don't take my word for it yet. I'm not qualified or educated enough.
… Jordan Gesell, 18 July, 2011 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

Pseudomethoca, probably frigi
Pseudomethoca, probably frigida judging by the shape of the head in the second image.
… Jordan Gesell, 17 July, 2011 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

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