#velvetant

[addicted2wasps]

Literally me after I take a shower and dry my hair....

[pixie1013]

A random sample of the biodiversity here, 10 images of individual animals, all taken in the last few weeks, all from my yard. #entomology #arthropod #pentatomidae #paperwasp #vespidae #redwasp #cowkiller #groundwasps #velvetant #millipede #diplopoda #hobby #slug #bug #insects #truebug #fly #greenfly #nature #macro #farm #garden #PixielandFarm #princessagatha #buggirl #ento #macrocaptures #macrophotography #bugphotography #insectphotography (at Pixieland Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO1_-W5n9T0/?igshid=1518gucvm0kqf

[usgsbiml]

Great Basin National Park.  Still processing photos from our big survey of bees of U.S. parks.   In this case, there was a lovely mutillid wasp, (velvet ant) in the sample.  Oddly the female's hair color shifted between the shots....Not clear why

[pimpmybricks]

Velvet Ant – Plague Mech: Ψ by Ballom Nom Nom https://flic.kr/p/24P7iM6

[sciencetoastudent]

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A velvet ant! (It's really a ground wasp.) Bucket list check! @butterflywonderlandaz #butterflywonderland #butterfly #butterflies #arizona #scottsdale #science #scicomm #usofscience #entomology #insects #insect #lepidoptera #phoenix #zoo #biology #zoology #animal #animals #botany #plant #plants #garden #moth #moths #velvetant #wasp (at Butterfly Wonderland)

[indefenseofplants]

This is a velvet ant. It is not an ant. It is a wasp. This is a female and she is flightless. The males can fly and mainly feed on nectar. These wasps are parasitoids meaning the females lay their eggs inside the larvae of other ground nesting wasps and bees. The larvae feed off of the innards and then bust out in chestburster-like glory. You do not want to get stung by one of these. Beautiful animal though. #velvetant #wasp #insectsofinstagram #insectagram #insects #arthropod #arthropodsanonymous #forestedge #nature #naturelovers #velvet #hymenoptera #hymenopteran #NorthAmerica #NorthCarolina #Coweeta #appalachia #appalachianmountains #Nantahala

[addicted2wasps]

Feeling random tonight. Here are some Mutillids with shades, cause they're cool.