This Velvet Ant Provides New Insights Into Nature’s Ultrablack Secrets
New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing ...
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Ants, facts and information
Ant colonies are so tightly knit and efficient, they can pass useful knowledge between generations, which some experts believe constitutes a colony ... including the velvet ant, which is ...
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Velvet ants: flamboyant and fuzzy with extreme PPE
Velvet ant venom is about 25 times less toxic than a honeybee's. Also, unlike social wasps such as Asian giant hornets and honeybees that chemically call in their nestmates to help protect their ...
Why the scarlet velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different species
A team of biologists, neurologists and chemists at Indiana University has discovered why the velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different types of creatures. In their paper published in ...
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Velvet ant’s markings can absorb nearly all visible light, study finds
BRASILIA, Brazil – A new study has revealed the complex makeup of an ant found in South America that can absorb nearly all visible light. Researchers analyzed the velvet ant’s exoskeleton and ...