** PANDA ANTS ** Well, it’s not really an ant but a wasp—a - TopicsExpress



          

** PANDA ANTS ** Well, it’s not really an ant but a wasp—a wasp in the hymenopteran family Multillidae, also called—for obvious reasons—”velvet ants.” (Ants and wasps are fairly closely related; in fact, ants evolved from early wasps.) In these wasps the females are wingless and the males winged, and their colors and patterns are aposematic: that is, they are “warning” patterns that tell predators to stay away. Predators presumably learn these patterns readily, for velvet wasps have extremely painful stings. But isn’t this a cute little girl? :) Visit: omgfactsonline
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:00:00 +0000

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