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‘Ultra-black‘ Velvet Ant Reflects Less Than 1 Percent of LightIt has ultra-dark markings that reflect less than 1 percent of visible light. There are about 8000 velvet ant species in the wasp family Mutillidae, named after their resemblance to large hairy ants.
This makes the velvet ant’s color what scientists call “ultrablack” or “superblack”. Traditional black colorations reflect around five to ten percent of the light that hits it, says ...
Traumatomutilla bifurca, a velvet ant — which is actually a wasp — known for its distinct black and white markings, found in a dry shrub desert in Brazil called the Caatinga. piemags/nature ...
Hybrid fire ants are bad news Mother Nature has thrown a new wrinkle into the mix − a new hybrid ant that's a merger of the two invasive fire ant species that have reached U.S. shores.
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