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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) » Mutillinae » Trogaspidiini » Timulla » Timulla vagans
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Velvet ants ? - Timulla vagans - male - female
Copyright © 2015 Stoil Ivanov

Velvet ants ? - Timulla vagans - Male Female
Yorkville - Silver Springs State Park, Kendall County, Illinois, USA
August 5, 2015
Size: 15 mm
When I took this photo the bigger wasp was flying around caring something . I was thinking that this wasp had a prey but now it looks like the smaller wasp is actually female.
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 2 October, 2015 - 1:17am
Last updated 23 March, 2019 - 11:20am

Moved
Moved from Timulla.
… George Waldren, 23 March, 2019 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
… Stoil Ivanov, 24 March, 2019 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Nice find
This is a mating pair of Timulla.

Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 2 October, 2015 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot. It was my first
Thanks a lot. It was my first male velvet ant and I didn't even realized it for 2 months.
… Stoil Ivanov, 2 October, 2015 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 October, 2015 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

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