phydeux wrote:Yes, that's a velvet ant, genus Dasymutilla (?) I believe. Its not an ant, but the flightless female of a variety of wasp (the males can fly). It can sting/bite like a wasp. They're common around here and they can be found with a variety of different colored 'coats' I've ssen them in red, orange, yellow, and black. Here's a bettr picture:
cool. I thought it was a spider.
