
INS014-00106
A red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Actually a wasp, females do not have wings and have a very painful sting, hence the warning coloration.
Keywords
- Captive
- captivity
- Close-up
- cow ant
- cow killer
- Dasymutilla occidentalis
- eastern velvet ant
- full length
- high angle
- insect
- no people
- one animal
- Orange
- Photo Ark
- Portrait
- red
- red velvet ant
- studio shot
- wasp
- white background
- wingless
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