When I was a teenager in AR (Arkansas, not Arizona), there was an insect that I found on several occasions, but searches to find out what I saw have yeilded no results. I would like some input into what I saw.
It was antlike in it's shape, and about the size of a carpenter ant. However, it didn't have any other "ant" characteristics like brown/black/red color. It was fuzzy like a bee, and had a bright orange and black striped thorax and abdomen. Any clue as to what this insect was/is?
Pics please, or links to pics would be greatly appreciated.
2007-01-03 03:45:56 · 14 answers · asked by Jessica L 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
try this:
http://www.smugmug.com/keyword/all/jerusalem%20crickets
2007-01-03 03:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by darfol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Velvet ant. See
http://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Hymenoptera/Mutillid.htm
2007-01-03 04:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually these aren't ants..... many people think they are ants, well mostly because one of their common names is a velvet ant, or cow killer.
They are actually solitary wasps. They lack wings, which gives them the obvious appearance of ants. They belong in the family Mutillidae
here is an image of some!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1114...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/41807...
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&k...
They are actually known to have one of the worst stings among all the Hymenoptera, so the next time you see one, try not to touch it!
Hope this helps!
2007-01-03 05:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this link below. its has a picture and description of something called the velvet ant (which is really a wingless wasp). And ignore SGT. CECH. Your right with AR, AK, sgt Cech, would be Alaska, I lived there 5 years.
2007-01-03 04:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a link or a name but I have had them here in maine. They tend to be like under the laundry pile when it has been dwon there a while, I know th bug, I think you described the little sucker pretty well...
I somehow get the feeling they are attracted by moisture...they seem to be like fruit flies, they just sort of create themselves in places they like...
someone out there will know the name, I hope, cause I would like them not to be uninvited house guests here any more,,,, good qustion...sorry could not be of more help
2007-01-03 03:54:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think velvet ant might be your answer. Try this link to lots of photos to check it out.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?search=velvet+ant&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=Aop3dNKapKbHBbzNfkAWBHQezKIX/SIG=111gjvvgj/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=AsPGFxCRulXvAMb.MrMOc8YezKIX/SIG=11ia1qo58/**http%3a//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3aSearch&p=velvet%20ant&fr2=tab-web
Also:
"An unusual insect reported in Lancaster County yards during late summer and early fall is the velvet ant. The females are wingless and are sometimes mistaken for a large, hairy, orange and black ant. These "ants" are actually wasp! A solitary wasp, the velvet ant does not live in colonies or have a "nest". They are found crawling through lawns, digging around soil, or even in garages where they have wandered in by accident."
http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/Articles/CowKillerAnt.htm
2007-01-03 04:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A space ant
2007-01-03 07:44:54 · answer #7 · answered by peg42857 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a velvet ant. However, it is actually a wingless wasp.
2007-01-03 03:48:27 · answer #8 · answered by Scottyboy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think you are describing a insect from the wasp family that's lost it's wings ..
2007-01-03 03:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do they experience undesirable approximately infesting my homestead? ingesting our foodstuff we artwork no longer person-friendly for and kill those allergic to their venoms? NO! thank you NPH and all the struggles you wade by using to maintain us secure from the Arachnids and different computer virus scum with the Terran Federation! HOOORAAH!
2016-10-29 21:50:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a velvet ant.
2007-01-03 04:23:24 · answer #11 · answered by Atlanta, GA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋