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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) » Myrmosid Wasps (Myrmosidae) » Kudakrumiinae » Myrmosula
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Tiny velvet ant - Myrmosula
Copyright © 2016 James Bailey

Tiny velvet ant - Myrmosula
Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 11, 2016
I have him on hand but I won't keep him for too long -- please let me know what photo views are good for species ID!
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Contributed by James Bailey on 11 April, 2016 - 6:29pm
Last updated 12 April, 2016 - 6:29pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 April, 2016 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

looks like Myrmosula
… Even Dankowicz, 11 April, 2016 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
woah that's cool
didn't know there was another Hymenopteran family with this terrestrial behaviour. Thanks!

Seems like species ID from photos is unlikely. I'll keep it about for a day so I can improve on this awful photo, and release it I suppose.
… James Bailey, 11 April, 2016 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Added a better picture
I also brushed the debris off him.
… James Bailey, 12 April, 2016 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

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