![File:Velvet ant, female (Mutillidae, Dasymutilla vesta (Cresson)) (35623226700).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Velvet ant, female (Mutillidae, Dasymutilla vesta (Cresson)) (35623226700).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Velvet_ant%2C_female_%28Mutillidae%2C_Dasymutilla_vesta_%28Cresson%29%29_%2835623226700%29.jpg)
File:Velvet ant, female (Mutillidae, Dasymutilla vesta (Cresson)) (35623226700).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![20+ Velvet Ant Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free Images - iStock | Tarantula hawk, Paper wasp, Bullet ant 20+ Velvet Ant Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free Images - iStock | Tarantula hawk, Paper wasp, Bullet ant](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1389220525/photo/velvet-ants.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=5tvb1AtmawKhkPLnS1zwzVMDY_uoVJEMs4yaQip4ub0=)
20+ Velvet Ant Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free Images - iStock | Tarantula hawk, Paper wasp, Bullet ant
![Velvet Ants (family: Mutillidae) are sexually dimorphic wasps. The females lack wings and are capable of delivering painful stings with their ovipositor. They live alone. : r/Awwducational Velvet Ants (family: Mutillidae) are sexually dimorphic wasps. The females lack wings and are capable of delivering painful stings with their ovipositor. They live alone. : r/Awwducational](https://external-preview.redd.it/A1bFtkm8C6-L_JH-usU62g-kzuqi7eSUhSIzgOq--6c.jpg?auto=webp&s=dfe1c1e72bea241a140180c537cee9e32f3a9c34)
Velvet Ants (family: Mutillidae) are sexually dimorphic wasps. The females lack wings and are capable of delivering painful stings with their ovipositor. They live alone. : r/Awwducational
![Velvet Ant, a member of the wasp family Mutillidae, rubs its head on sandy soil. Corpus Christi, Texas USA Stock Photo - Alamy Velvet Ant, a member of the wasp family Mutillidae, rubs its head on sandy soil. Corpus Christi, Texas USA Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PR0R29/velvet-ant-a-member-of-the-wasp-family-mutillidae-rubs-its-head-on-sandy-soil-corpus-christi-texas-usa-PR0R29.jpg)
Velvet Ant, a member of the wasp family Mutillidae, rubs its head on sandy soil. Corpus Christi, Texas USA Stock Photo - Alamy
![The indestructible insect: Velvet ants from across the United States avoid predation by representatives from all major tetrapod clades - Gall - 2018 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library The indestructible insect: Velvet ants from across the United States avoid predation by representatives from all major tetrapod clades - Gall - 2018 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/217505c7-a927-472d-ac2c-01b466941adf/ece34123-fig-0001-m.jpg)