The viral Facebook post combines two common names for this insect. Old images purportedly showing a "velvet cowkiller" ant received renewed attention in April 2018: These images, as well as a near ...

Cow killer ants are not cow killers, nor are they ants. Instead, they’re wasps. These wasps are bright red, a warning for predators to stay away. Predators that don’t heed this warning are met with a ...