WHAT IS THAT!

[FIGHT ON]

[AlanK]

It's an exclamation point where a question mark belongs.

[tinaballina]

It's an exclamation point where a question mark belongs.

LMAO.

ps..alan, how is the room clean up coming along?

[zippetydude]

Its proper name is Insectus pseudotarantulus encephalus giganticus. They inhabit rocky areas along trails in hilly and mountainous regions and are most commonly found beneath smooth silica convex surfaces.

z

[neverwashasbeen]

Hard to tell in your picture, but I'd guess a velvet ant (really a wasp).

[AlanK]

alan, how is the room clean up coming along?

I worked it into a Baldy trip report.

[Andy]

It's an exclamation point where a question mark belongs.

Now that...is funny.

[FIGHT ON]

alan, how is the room clean up coming along?

I worked it into a Baldy trip report.

ya get what ya pay for!

[FIGHT ON]

Its proper name is Insectus pseudotarantulus encephalus giganticus. They inhabit rocky areas along trails in hilly and mountainous regions and are most commonly found beneath smooth silica convex surfaces.

z

I think you meant, Insectus pseudo tarantulus encephalus giganticus.
sounds like that game balderdash.

[phydeux]

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: