Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

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

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

LMAO.

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

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

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

tinaballina wrote:alan, how is the room clean up coming along?

I worked it into a Baldy trip report.

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

Now that...is funny.

AlanK wrote:

tinaballina wrote:alan, how is the room clean up coming along?

I worked it into a Baldy trip report.

ya get what ya pay for!

zippetydude wrote: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.

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: