Best Answer UtahAnts , August 22 2022 - 12:54 PM
Female Velvet ant, actually a flightless wasp of the family Mutillidae. Still a cool find though as these wasps make interesting inverts to keep
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Posted August 22 2022 - 12:30 PM
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1. Smithfield Utah
2. Aug 22, 2022
3. Collected on pavement and only one was found
4. 11 mm long 3mm wide
5. orange and black with fine hairs
6. on the black gaster/ abdomen is a white almost triangular shape and one white ring
7. seems to be very aggressive
8. unable to find nest
9. none obseverd
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Posted August 22 2022 - 12:54 PM
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Female Velvet ant, actually a flightless wasp of the family Mutillidae. Still a cool find though as these wasps make interesting inverts to keep
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Posted August 22 2022 - 1:09 PM
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Definitely a velvet ant. Some people do keep them as pets though!
I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus 
, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus , Odontomachus brunneus , Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus,
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Posted August 22 2022 - 2:02 PM
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That is what I was wondering but all the pictures show them as much larger and more "velvety" Thank you for your replies.
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