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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 sanbornii
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Velvet Ant 2 - Pseudomethoca sanbornii
Copyright © 2012 Jesse Chesla

Velvet Ant 2 - Pseudomethoca sanbornii
Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, Putnam County, Florida, USA
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Contributed by Jesse Chesla on 16 July, 2012 - 2:33am
Last updated 7 August, 2021 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Pseudomethoca.
… George Waldren, 7 August, 2021 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 20 August, 2012 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 10 August, 2012 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

I lightened -
the photo up in Picasa. Feel free to add other views or submit a different photo - this certainly makes it easier to see the bug.
… Ken Schneider, 10 August, 2012 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

This one appears to be a Pseu
This one appears to be a Pseudomethoca, and an odd one at that.
… Jordan Gesell, 16 July, 2012 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
Would a different angle shot
help more?
… Jesse Chesla, 16 July, 2012 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
The view is fine. If the ligh
The view is fine. If the lighting could be improved that would probably help. I'm just not very experienced with the Pseudomethoca. Someone else can probably identify it as it's very distinct.
… Jordan Gesell, 16 July, 2012 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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