Velvet ants have enormous stingers ― half their body length ― and the research paper focused on the full defense system of ...

Despite their name and looks, velvet ants are actually wasps. Many of these delightfully fuzzy insects exhibit bright, contrasting shades of black with red, orange or white. Their bold bodies serve as ...

As it happens, velvet ants, known colloquially to Brazilians as “sorcerer ants,” are actually a type of wasp, but the females, which are wingless, give the creatures their name. And ...

The Scarlet Velvet Ant, which is actually a type of wasp, has a sting so painful that it feels like hot oil spilling over ...