The species in question is Traumatomutilla bifurca, a type of velvet ant – which is, somewhat confusingly, actually a species of wasp. Some of these wasps don't have any wings, but they do have ...

Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws ...

Trip and I were standing beside a bush when a velvet ant with black wings landed right in front of us. I grabbed it and held on. We looked it over for a minute or so, marveling at such an elegant ...

Some ants have wings, which are longer in the front and ... There are several wasp species that closely resemble ants, including the velvet ant, which is actually a hairy, wingless wasp.

Velvet ants are solitary insects. Males have wings and search for the wingless females on the ground. Once they find each other and mate, the wasps go their separate ways. When the female is ready to ...

But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca. With its furry exterior and ...

Trip and I were standing beside a bush when a velvet ant with black wings landed right in front of us. I grabbed it and held on. We looked it over for a minute or so, marveling at such an elegant ...