darkyy: ID Plz ! (26. Mär 2009 16:45)

I found an ant queen, it's long about 1cm.. anybody knows the name of this ?

Here the photos: http://img300.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=imgp0485.jpg

McK: Re: ID Plz ! (26. Mär 2009 17:41)

That's not an ant queen, it's a wasp (velvet ant).

jartok: Re: ID Plz ! (26. Mär 2009 17:55)

and be carefull they have very powefull stings

Messorus: Re: ID Plz ! (26. Mär 2009 20:30)

In Italy and south Europe is Mutilla, common ,,solitary ant" in subterranean zone... These Hymenoptera have very powerful sting and their life cycle is in nests of Bumble beeses and solitar living beeses as parasitics... Be careful, Jartok is true! I saw a lot of Mutilla europea in Greece, females looking for bees´s nests(males are winged) and I manipulated with them just by pinsete.. Now I have one very nice preparation of female.... :grin:
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/867/45038419.JPG

JimmyVe: Re: ID Plz ! (30. Mär 2009 20:14)

Solved ! :)