I was walking my dog this morning in south Louisiana and I noticed this odd couple. What are they? Are the 2 different species that got stuck together or are trying to mate, or is it an extreme case of sexual dimorphism? Sorry for my potato phone camera.
I'm not even close to an expert on bugs and insects but maybe I can help give you direction.
The one with the orange band to me looks like a male velvet ant. I don't have a clue on the other but maybe it's a case of some kind of zombism. I know some wasps turn their prey into zombies to make it easier to bring them to the nest to feed on.
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It wasn't a velvet ant. I want to say it only had 2 segments, head and body
I think the back one is a type of wasp and the other one a yellow jacket or something?