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Offline Patty S

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EEEK! A BUG!
« on: Jun 21, 2008, 04:51:38 PM »
This isn't a bee... it doesn't have wings. I hope it's not an ant, cuz it's pretty good size! :yikes:
     
All I know is that it's water resistant.  I discovered it after Lil' did... she was watering it with her little watering can, saying "bye bye, bug", as it kept walking around! :giggle:

Any guesses?


Offline barleychown

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Re: EEEK! A BUG!
« Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2008, 05:06:39 PM »
That is a "velvet ant", which is actually a type of wasp. There other name is "cow killer ant", because the sting is said to hurt enough to kill a cow.  :yikes: They are not aggresive though, as you witnessed.

http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/cowkiller.shtml
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