The invasive Asian needle ant appears to have spread as far north as Massachusetts, bringing with it concerns over their ...

Asian needle ants, now in 19 states from Florida to Washington, can cause severe allergic reactions and even death with a ...

Have you ever a noticed an anthill in your garden and started to panic? Don’t worry. Red ants might not be the garden pests ...

The sting that inspired him came from a big red ant called the Florida harvester ... In one study, Robinson joined Schmidt in Arizona to collect velvet ants, which are actually brightly ...

He learned that what he had found was called a red 'velvet ant;' but it wasn't an ant at all. A velvet ant is a wingless female wasp which packs one of the most painful stings in North America.

Despite the name, the Eastern Velvet Ant is actually a wingless wasp, though these colorful insects look a lot like ants. The black and orange-red bug with a long ovipositor, or stinger ...

Panda ants are also called velvet ants due to their plush fur ... while male panda ants have fur that is red, orange, or white with black legs. Male panda ants don’t have stingers, but they ...

Panda ants are also called velvet ants due to their plush fur ... Females are the only ones with the cool panda coloring, while male panda ants have fur that is red, orange, or white with black legs.

Velvet ants are not actually ants ... An eastern variety, called a cow killer, looks like an enormous, bright red ant. It walks around during the day in search of ground-nesting bees and wasps ...

Velvet ants are not actually ants ... An eastern variety, called a cow killer, looks like an enormous, bright red ant. It walks around during the day in search of ground-nesting bees and wasps ...

Velvet ants use their sting primarily as a defense mechanism rather than a way to kill prey. Along with their bright red-and-black color, their sting warns predators to stay away. Found in the ...