Unidentified

Picture ID 129430

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Is it a male jumping Johnson spider? Saw it on a hike today on Thom’s Thumb trail in Scottsdale Arizona

Submitted by:
bvitti
Submitted: Oct 12, 2020
Photographed: Oct 12, 2020
Spider: Unidentified
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Desert area
Found in web?: No
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Rainybeet

October 16, 2020 9:51 pm

Pretty sure that is a velvet ant (actually a flightless wasp with a very painful sting), Dasymutilla magnifica. Here is a link to a very similar specimen from Scottsdale. https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2019/04/18/velvet-ant-55/