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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) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Aporini » Psorthaspis » Psorthaspis legata
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wasp - Psorthaspis legata - female
Copyright © 2011 Matt Edmonds

wasp - Psorthaspis legata - Female
stone mountain, dekalb County, Georgia, USA
July 15, 2011
Size: .8 inch ish

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 14 September, 2011 - 8:07am
Last updated 29 September, 2017 - 10:32pm

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… Matt Edmonds, 14 September, 2011 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Not velvet ant
It is a Pompilid instead! Perhaps this one:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/61004/bgimage
… Villu Soon, 14 September, 2011 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely a pompilid
Juanita Rodriguez says that this is Psorthaspis legata. She is working on her Ph.D. with this genus.

I'm always shocked at how similar these are to velvet ants in color. This is the exact pattern of Dasymutilla vesta or D. nigripes females.
… Kevin Williams, 14 September, 2011 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks so much guys! I learned a few things today but THIS was my favorite!!
… Matt Edmonds, 14 September, 2011 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
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No kidding!!! Cool! When I saw it, I was without my camera... thinking it was an elusive make velvet ant....RAN like a mad man to get my camera and got a few shots before it flew away.
… Matt Edmonds, 14 September, 2011 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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