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Hairy Ant Impostors

  • November 30, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Velvet ants are colorful, hairy — and not really ants. They’re wasps that live in the United States and South America. Only the males have wings, but the females have sharp stingers that cause super painful welts.

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