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What the Chickens Found: Cow Killer Ant

July 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Here’s a new insect for my life list: the cow killer ant, aka red velvet ant. Technically a wasp, the cow killer is named for its exceedingly painful sting, which probably couldn’t really kill a cow, but it’s so nasty that you wouldn’t be surprised if it did.

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