Talk:Mutillidae

message: I believe you mean the most painful sting, not bite. BTW I've heard that the tarantula hawks such as Pepsis have even more painful stings. See for example http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/sep/papr/thawk.html Tjunier 14:55, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the statement.  — Pekinensis 17:27, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stings 

message: How does the velvet ant relate to the Australian blue ant?  Living in the south-eastern US, I've seen velvet ants.  They make an audible noise when distressed, and can appear red or orange.
:(not the above poster) I can confirm the sounds; we used to call them 'eep ants' when I was a kid. We'd catch them with a stick or something and pin them down to make them go 'eep eep eep'. Their stingers are huge, a third of an inch or so. The only ones I ever saw were red or orange. Fortunately, I never got stung by one... --StarChaser Tyger (talk) 21:17, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wingless Wasps 

message: Surely their coloration is a reference to the RED panda, not the giant panda.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.22.31.254 (talk) 01:39, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Panda Ant 

message: Their range information seems to be somewhat misleading. I live in Middle Tennessee and we certainly do not have sandy soil. As a matter of fact, red clay is the predominant soil type. I just got off the phone with my county extension office and he says they are indeed native here (at least the species I found, the eastern red velvet ant). Alex (talk) 21:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm in eastern Memphis, TN and saw my first Red Velvet Ant yesterday. She looked like a giant ant, bright orangish red with a small amount of black stripping. I tried to get my phone out to take a picture but she moved too fast. I had a broom in my left hand and was trying to steer her but she still managed to escape into the dense jungle. I say she; from what I read, it was wingless, therefore a female. 2601:3C0:4080:18B0:6031:EFA3:4A7B:C34D (talk) 13:55, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Range

message: Does this link satisfy the citation needed for the difficulty pinning?
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151014-superpowers-of-the-near-invincible-velvet-ant
    In line with that, when insect collectors try to pin down a dead velvet ant, they often miss because the pin glances off and pierces their finger.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rrauenza (talk • contribs) 04:43, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible citation for difficulty pinning? 

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message: Aren't all ants technically wingless wasps?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:192:102:A4C0:3902:3092:430E:A113 (talk) 13:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: There are all sorts of different wingless wasps, as wings have been lost - independently - many times in Hymenoptera. Queen ants and male ants have wings, as well, so the lack of wings is not, strictly speaking, a defining feature of ants. Dyanega (talk) 18:47, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wingless wasps