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[Maxelite457]

I found this ant wandering across a path next to a lake he is pretty brightly colored and I have no idea what he is. I am wondering if anyone could help me identify it. I live in Highlands Ranch, Colorado 

https://imgur.com/a/X0aUpoo

https://imgur.com/NvK8VjF

[smares]

Oh looks like to one I caught the other day. Someone ID'd it as a velvet ant. Super cute. moves like a wasp.

[sericultivist]

It's a "Velvet ant" which is a kind of flightless wasp. They lay their eggs in ground dwelling bee nests and their larvae eat the bee brood. 

[piratechef]

I caught three of these this season also, definitely a flightless wasp.