American Venom

🌲 The Nature Wolf 🌲 on Instagram: "Known to have one of the most painful stings of any insect 😳 🎥 from @kelvinwiley An eastern velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis), one of 7,000+ species of hairy, ant-looking wasps from the family Mutillidae, notorious for their excruciating sting. A sting so painful it earned them the nickname "cow killers". Female velvet ants, which lack wings and closely resemble ants, are the only ones with stingers. Male velvet ants, on the other hand, have wings and m