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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Sep 06, 2007

Found this wasp in my greenhouse. It's dead but I didn't do it...promise.~~~~$;>}#)

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Sep 07, 2007

Could it be a solitary bee? It doesn't quite look like a wasp to me, a better close up would help but they can be difficult. The red mark on the abdomen might help to ID it.

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Sep 08, 2007

I think I tossed it into the compost bucket.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Sep 25, 2007

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/399/

I think this is a male 'Cow killer' Velvet Ant, genus Dasymutilla The males have wings. Ants and wasps are in the same order, Hymenoptera.

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Sep 25, 2007

I thought it might be a velvet ant too but the ab. looks more elongated than a velvet ant.

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LavonTXGardener Lavon, TX Sep 25, 2007

I agree, this is definitely a male Cow Killer Velvet Ant/Bee (see attached). We have a lot of the wingless female Cow Killer's here and I don't wish to be stung by one of these females!

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Sep 26, 2007

Yup,that does look more like the fellow I found in the greenhouse. I'll marked this solved.

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