I was spacing out last night and saw paint jars on the floor of my room. Next I saw the eraser Mantis so I just messed with it. did this one so randomly so it may look bad. But Now I got myself a new keychain. Yay!!!! I love keychains.

reminds me of a velvet ant (type of wingless female wasp)

Wow, both of those pics are sick! Did you paint it and then sand it away?

And where is that wasp from. I love weird animals (the cuttle fish and octopus are some of my favorites).

velvet ants are in calfornia ( that shot is from Sespe Creek, Ventura County), and i am sure many other places. i've seen them in blue and solid black and they also come in white. yes, nature does limited releases, colorways, and one-offs too.

the males fly like regular wasps. only the females are wingless.

That's amazing. I'm going to have to look those up.