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[ponerinecat]

Date: 9/1/2018, 8:30-9:00

Location: Attracted to lights in house, presumably came from nearby pine forests, manzanita chaparral, or oak forests

Length: Slightly shorter than the width of a dime, roughly a half inch

Orange in color, but slightly darker than the fruit. Abdomen tipped and banded, almost like a wasp. Hair covering body, and wings have a dark spot on the sides.Mandibles clearly present and curved. Abdomen connected by a waist that looks like the stem of some leaves, with a cup like part connecting the abdomen.

 

[ponerinecat]

Don't know what it is. I want to see what ant this would be in anticipation of a queen.

[LC3]

According to Ziess it's possibly a male velvet wasp. It looks like a species of nocturnal Sphaeropthalminae.

[gcsnelling]

Yes this is one of the nocturnal velvet ant males.

[ponerinecat]

I was hoping it was stigmatomma. 

[sirjordanncurtis]

Lol, I found one today as well.

[TennesseeAnts]

I find female velvet ants in my yard everywhere. Some reaching 20 millimeters.

[Alacom]

I find female velvet ants in my yard everywhere. Some reaching 20 millimeters.

Lucky. The only velvet ant species I’ve found are a little over 10mm

[TennesseeAnts]

I find female velvet ants in my yard everywhere. Some reaching 20 millimeters.

Lucky. The only velvet ant species I’ve found are a little over 10mm

I don't feel lucky!!! I almost got stung last year while checking the mail! You can't walk barefoot here in the summer.