"Cow killer?"

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Ken Ramos
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"Cow killer?"

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Must have chased this thing around for half and hour. :?

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Somewhat a bit unlike some of the Velvet ants (wingless wasps) that I have seen, I am thinking maybe a juvenile? :smt102

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Nice capture, Ken. Glad you didn't give up :)

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Thanks Kurt :) Oftentimes it pays to be persistent.

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Post by Planapo »

Nice find Ken! I rarely encounter Mutillidae over here. Dixie has a much more favourable climate for them and insects in general. (Sigh!)

Looks like a female Pseudomethoca.
Somewhat a bit unlike some of the Velvet ants (wingless wasps) that I have seen, I am thinking maybe a juvenile?
Being holometabolous like all Hymenoptera, the parasitic "juveniles" or larvae look totally different, grub/maggot-like, undergo pupation and after that they are adults and look like their mum or dad, the later mostly bearing wings, and as adult insects never grow or molt again.

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Post by Ken Ramos »

Good to know info there Betty, Thanks! :D

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