Feb 23
bug i learned about this week i think youd enjoy is the red velvet ant! (Dasymutilla occidentalis) ( also known as eastern velvet ant n cow killer) idk where you're from but theyre native 2 a decent chunk of the west USA. They earn the name "cow killer" because of the immensely painful sting they have, which people say is strong enough to kill a cow.
Despite the red velvet ant's common name they aren't ants at all, they're actually flightless wasps, (The males of the species have no stinger and dark translucent wings) and like other wasps live very solitary lives.
OMG THIS IS SO COOL !!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR THE BUG :-3