Asian Velvet Ant vs Beautiful Snout

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Asian Velvet Ant Beautiful Snout
Scientific Name Smicromyrme rufipes Hypena crassalis
Order Hymenoptera Lepidoptera
Family Mutillidae Erebidae
Size 8-14 mm 30-36 mm wingspan
Habitat Heathland Heathland
Diet Parasitoids Omnivores
Regions South Asia, Southeast Asia Europe
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Asian Velvet Ant

A small to medium velvet ant with reddish legs and black body found across southern Asia. It parasitizes various ground-nesting bees and wasps.

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Did You Know?

It produces a distinctive squeaking sound when handled by rubbing specialized structures on its abdomen together.

Beautiful Snout

A moth with long palps forming a snout-like projection and warm purple-brown wings crossed by pale lines. It is associated exclusively with bilberry on acidic heathlands.

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Did You Know?

Its elongated mouthparts give it the appearance of having a beak, unique among British moths.