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Velvet Ant

BIOLOGY OF THE VELVET ANT

Velvet ants are not ants at all but rather solitary female wasps. These ants parasitize bee and wasp nests. The females are quite large (up to 1/2 inch) ,wingless, very hairy and colored bright orange or red with black in between. The sting from one of these wasps is one of the most painful of any insect.

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