Strange Creature
Here's a funny fellow I saw on the hiking trail today. Shaped like an
ant, but he's quite large with a furry red coat of sorts. He was
scurrying like mad to get away from me!
posted by aw
This is my town. I live here.
4 Comments:
I think that's a Velvet Ant.
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recNum=IS0004
Ta',
Mark, a writer
10:46 AM
i really enjoyed your picture especially this one i have never seen anything klike this very cool
11:08 AM
Yes, it's a velvet ant, which isn't really an ant, but a species of wingless wasp. They can sting, so be careful.
7:48 PM
I found one of these in my drive way in Sierra Madre this morning. I did a google image search for "large red ant" and found this picture. I have three pictures myself two of which include a quarter to scale the insect. Email me in your interested and I'll forward you the pictures. Good to know what it was, I thought I had discovered a new species of ant! :)
1:48 PM
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