Interestingly, only female velvet ants exhibit this ultrablack coloration. The winged males are less dark, possibly because they rely on flight to avoid predators. One might expect that such dark ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

without the easy option of flying away from danger. But where flight muscles would be are actually bulky leg muscles, making these insects quick and strong. In 1977, scientists found that when chased, ...