There are several wasp species that closely resemble ants, including the velvet ant, which is actually a hairy, wingless wasp. — University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ancient ants found perfectly ...

A team of biologists, neurologists and chemists at Indiana University has discovered why the velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different types of creatures. In their paper published in ...

Wasps aren’t normally admired for their looks, but one species—Traumatomutilla bifurca, a Brazilian velvet ant—is unlike any other. It has ultra-dark markings that reflect less than 1 ...