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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 » Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Sphaeropthalmini) » Sphaeropthalma » Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica » Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica pensylvanica
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Velvet ant? - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica
Copyright © 2017 Ken Childs

Velvet ant? - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica
Beech Bluff, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
July 22, 2017

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Velvet ant? - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica Velvet ant? - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica
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Contributed by Ken Childs on 23 July, 2017 - 5:04pm
Last updated 1 June, 2021 - 6:30am

Moved
Moved from Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 1 June, 2021 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… Ken Childs, 16 January, 2018 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 28 July, 2017 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica?
Not an expert, just guessing, but looks very close to:
… Harsi S. Parker, 27 July, 2017 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, absolutely
Good call!
… KevinWilliams, 16 January, 2018 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look like a very good
It does look like a very good match. Hopefully one of the resident experts can confirm the ID.
… Ken Childs, 28 July, 2017 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

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