January 27, 2010 | Caraça Natural Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil
I like finding velvet ants, but boy are they tough to photograph in the field. They don’t stand still unless they’re hidden. This crop is the best I could do for this one. I saw one other one like this.
That’s really an attractive species. I probably collect this family more than any other hymenopterans. They certainly are among the most difficult insects to photograph – maddening in fact!
Nice one. Once or twice I’ve been able to get the little ones by turning the autofocus to servo, as for sports, and firing a few shots.
My white take-out food containers work for these, sometimes, though that is an artificial background.