Panda ants have unique markings, but they are actually not related to panda bears or ants: they are a type of wasp!

He’s especially voracious with ant larvae, which Thomas refers to as “pangolin ice cream.” The pangolin has no mouth as such, just a funnel-like snout with a hole through which its long ...

Fly maggots that hatch will then slowly decapitate the ant. | Credit: Sanford Porter Within days after hatching, the phorid larva migrates from the thorax into the ant's head; little is known ...

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Antlion Larvae. Image by Юкатан ... orb-weaver spiders to protect themselves against birds and other spider-eating creatures. Eastern Velvet Ant. Image by Andy from …in a little town where everybody ...

Have you ever wondered if there are animals out there who are more organized than humans? Well, we can confirm that that would definitely be ants! Ants are one of the most numerous insects on this ...

The email from Trip Lamb, biology professor at Eastern Carolina University, said, “As a velvet ant sting survivor, you may appreciate the attached.” The attachment was a scientific paper ...

It highlights the social structure of ants, where worker ants perform various tasks such as food storage, caring for larvae, and maintaining the city. The queen's role is primarily to lay eggs ...

Velvet ants form the Mutillidae family and are divided into more than 7,000 species! However, not all velvet ants have such a powerful sting to reach high scores on Schmidt’s sting pain index. Among ...