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Not an ant? - Myrmosa unicolor
Copyright © 2006 apgarm

Not an ant? - Myrmosa unicolor
Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
August 2, 2006
Size: ~7mm
At first I thought this was an odd ant, but it did not look right. Next guess would be a velvet ant or wingless bee/wasp? (Sorry for the poor image quality)
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Contributed by apgarm on 2 August, 2006 - 6:41pm
Last updated 14 May, 2007 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved from Myrmosula.
… Matthias Buck, 14 May, 2007 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Myrmosa unicolor
This is Myrmosa unicolor. Myrmosula species have much paler brownish coloration and a much larger head. Also, no Myrmosula species are found this far northeast.
… Kevin Williams, 7 September, 2006 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

Mutillid
It's a mutillid in the genus Myrmosula. Maybe M. parvula.
… Ronald D. Hennessey, 23 August, 2006 - 1:56am login or register to post comments

Velvet ant.
This is probably a velvet ant (family Mutillidae), in which the female wasps are wingless. I can't totally rule out a wingless female Tiphiidae, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2006 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Found another individual and got a slightly better pic. Combing through the guide now...
… apgarm, 4 August, 2006 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Can you post that slightly-be
Can you post that slightly-better-picture for our reference?
… Noor Beckwith, 24 August, 2006 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

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