The beautiful Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla Occidentalis)
They are wingless Wasps and not actually ants!
Be careful of their stinger it is very painful. This is a female the males have wings and look like wasps.
Image credit: Eric Gofreed
we seen quite a few of these around our house two years ago. at first we though they were weird fire ants so we didn't touch them. after researching them son made sure he killed any he came across.