heres a little guy we found crawling around out back. this picture was taken by another guy who wondered what it was, too. turns out its called a velvet ant or nicknamed cow-killer, because of its painful bite (http://www.whatsthatbug.com/velvet_ants.html). its a flightless wasp; only the males have wings. bear thinks its a very realistic picture.. but im afraid if he were pawing the real thing i would have a very mad kitty on my hands.