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Secrets of velvet ant's venom explain what makes its sting so painful
A velvet ant sting is like “hot oil spilling over your hand” – now, scientists have identified molecules in its venom that ...
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 ...
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Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms
A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.
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Velvet ants: flamboyant and fuzzy with extreme PPE
If the predator still doesn't let up, the painful wallop of a velvet ant's sting usually convinces them to let go. No animal living today is known to specifically target velvet ants, but a 2018 paper ...
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Ants, facts and information
Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin ... There are several wasp species that closely resemble ants, including the velvet ant, which is actually a hairy, wingless wasp.