No, you won't die, but you'll feel like you will! The velvet ant (or Dasymutilla occidentalis) is actually a wasp that can sting multiple times, and will if provoked. If you do get stung, you'll feel pretty intense pain for about 20-30 minutes, but then your body will react the way it would to a normal bee sting.
Cow Killer Ant or Velvet Ant
It could be a velvet ant, which is actually a wasp, be careful not to touch it. I hear the stings are very painful!
They are wasps without wings. It is not poisonous but it hurts like hell for an hour.
The Velvet Ant is a wasp not an ant. Females are wingless and covered with hair and strongly resemble ants. The red velvet ant is the largest velvet ant species at 3/4 of an inch long.
Bullet ant is way worse. Its legendary.
velvet ants (actually a wasp) are predators of bumble bees
Squash it!
It is similar to a bee/wasp sting. People who are allergic to bee/wasp stings may have a more severe reaction than most of us and should avoid them. Treatment for a velvet ant sting is the same as for any typical bee/wasp sting.
Red velvet ant also known as cow killer. It's not an ant but a wingless female wasp.
It could be a velvet ant, which is actually a flightless wasp. If it is furry, orange and black it is a velvet ant. These ants can provide a painful sting that lasts for hours so avoid them. If it looks like a small black ant, only orange, it is probably just a red ant.
Ants have Methionic acid in there stings. Therefor to stop the stinging add bicarbonate of soda. :)
An insect found in the desert that has a black thorax and a fuzzy red body is known as a velvet ant. They are technically a type of wasp, and they can cause severely painful stings.