Velvet ant. Macrophotograph of a male velvet ant. Velvet ants (family Mutillidae) are a family of more than 3,000 species of wasp (despite the name) w

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Velvet ant. Macrophotograph of a male velvet ant. Velvet ants (family Mutillidae) are a family of more than 3,000 species of wasp (despite the name) whose wingless females resemble large hairy ants. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other species.

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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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