Velvet ant (mutillidae)

[mjkzz]

It looks like an ant, runs like an ant, also looks like a bee, under 10x magnification, its legs resemble spider.

But it is a Velvet ant (not a real ant, but a family of wasp, multillidae).

Need to work on lighting

10x image (400 mega pixels, counting only the closest rectangle around the subject)

https://www.easyzoom.com/image/143740

[Pizzazz]

mjkzz

I have seen these in Florida. Do they sting if you mess with them?

I tend to be very cautious with specimens that have a "business end" on
them!


Mike

[Lou Jost]

What a velvet ant sting feels like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjvioALgUHE

[mjkzz]

Thanks Pizzazz and Lou, I am always careful when catching them always follow "no contact" rule For this, I basically "let" it run into a small bottle.