I tried crushing it with a cap to a drink and it pretends to be dead, when it notices you arent paying attention(it sounds wierd but this is what i observed) it slowly starts moving and the body slowly fills out, when i thought that it was in a slightly differant area of the plate i put it on while looking it up, i watched it for a minute and it didnt move. A minute later i looked back and it had moved a about 6 inches, and as soon as i looked it stopped (it was like we were playing red light, green light... i won) I crushed it with the cap again, but it once again started to move after a minute or 2. What you need to do is when u crush it with something twist while crushing (it grinds it) He(actually it was the female-no wings) did not survive that time.
red velvet ants also known as killer cows have 6 legs
velvet ants (actually a wasp) are predators of bumble bees
Despite their popular name, velvet ants are not true ants but in fact belong to a family of parasitic wasps called Mutillidae. Female velvet ants are equipped with a very power stinger and the sting can be extraordinarily painful.
This could be one of several different species of velvet ants. Velvet ants look like ants but are actually part of the hornet family. This could be a Dasymutilla klugi.
they live in sandy areas.
Yes, they will slowly savage you to death (:
Yes they can because if they suck your blood poision will get on to you.
red velvet ants also known as killer cows have 6 legs
velvet ants (actually a wasp) are predators of bumble bees
Despite their popular name, velvet ants are not true ants but in fact belong to a family of parasitic wasps called Mutillidae. Female velvet ants are equipped with a very power stinger and the sting can be extraordinarily painful.
This could be one of several different species of velvet ants. Velvet ants look like ants but are actually part of the hornet family. This could be a Dasymutilla klugi.
they live in sandy areas.
yes
They are a type of wingless wasp. The females are wingless anyway. They are in the family Mutillidae, in case you want to look them up. But common names are misleading and often nonsensical. A lot of the questions posted about "red velvet ants" seem to be dealing with real ants, so-called "velvety ants" and that is another matter. But real velvet ants are wasps other than ants (which actually are wasps of sorts as well, but never ind that for now).
The males are stingless, the females are wingless.
mostly leaves and grass
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