I don't know, but we live in Picayune, Mississippi and found one in our yard in August of this year. Pretty neat little bug and has been in captivity now in my house for about a week and is still going strong. My daughter is taking it for show-and-tell.
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.
They are wasps without wings. It is not poisonous but it hurts like hell for an hour.
Bullet ant is way worse. Its legendary.
velvet ants (actually a wasp) are predators of bumble bees
Squash it!
Cow Killer Ant or Velvet Ant
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.
this type of ant is a peanut butter ant. they feed on human liver.
Velvet Ant!
Yes it does. Like baby lepords
Velvet ant Viceroy Butterfly