Panda ant
The panda ant is black and white, just like a tiny panda. Its head is covered in thick white hairs, all except its eyes. But it is not really an ant: it is a kind of wasp, and the girls have no wings.
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Fun facts
When something scares it, it squeaks, and part of the sound is so high that people cannot hear it.
Only the boys have wings. The girls walk on the ground.
It is tiny, only up to 8 millimetres long.
Most asked questions about Panda ant
?Is the panda ant a real ant?
No. It is a wasp without wings that looks like an ant.
?Where does the panda ant live?
Only in Chile, in South America.
Myth buster
Myth: The panda ant is an ant.
Truth: No. It is a wasp. Its females have no wings and are hairy, which is why they look like ants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Euspinolia militaris
- Group
- Wasps and hornets
- Family
- Mutillidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Mutillidae
- Lives on
- South America
Where the facts come from
- Euspinolia militaris (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Chris Lukhaup. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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