Cow ant

[fishingjean]

How long has it been since anyone seen one of them , caught one in my front yard this morn. I know they sting very bad !!! They are actually a beautiful insect, the color is a warning !!!!

 

[lonesouth]

last summer. darn things are nigh impossible to kill.

 

[TURTLE]

[B Haven't seen one in years but they are cool looking. We called em Cow Killers when we were kids. [/B]

 

[TennJeep1618]

I saw one a ERGC several months back. Hadn't seen one in years before that.

Also known as cow-killer ants, velvet ants, velvet wasps. I believe they are in the wasp family.

 

[JohnAL]

I see 2 - 3 a year around here. If you crush them slowly they make a squealing sound.

 

[fishingjean]

I let it go back into herbal garden, maybe it will eat some bad insects !??

 

[midway]

Not uncommon see em in th pasture or edge of the pine. they do hurt.

 

[MarkS]

I've only seen a couple around my home in Baker,Fl. but I see 3 or 4 year on my property in Milligan just 5 miles down the road. Baker place is clay with sandstone while the Milligan land is a sandy soil and I still call'em cow killers

 

[Seanpcola]

This year: One at the house, probably 8 at the farm in Elsinore.

 

[bobinbusan]

They say they taste like Cajun chicken a little "HEAT" after you eat a few of them :third:

 

[Stagman]

I see a couple a year

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[kendive]

I had to look them up and found this video. Look at the stinger on this thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnguQZjRBVA

 

[fl57caveman]

they are form of wasp, the female...like a poster said, called cow killers (bad sting, don't really have the venom to kill a cow.i give them space, they are cool...

 

[DGladden]

I see a few a week at work in Ebro. At my house in Chipley, I've only seen 2 since moving in about 4 months ago.

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[aknavy]

I saw one of these out a Blue Angel Park today.

 

[Slackwolf]

I saw one a few days ago at hurlburt. Haven't seen one in probably 7-8 years.

 

[fishingjean]

actually saw some pic of folks after stung by these critters wow !!!! Not good, but not as bad as that brown recluse that got me !!!

 

[Va boy]

I picked one up once when I was a kid. The sting was worse than a yellow jacket.

 

[helo_hunter]

Saw one yesterday at ERGC. Pretty thing. I picked up the first one I saw, back in the mid-1980s. Won't do that again!!

 

[fl57caveman]

Saw one yesterday at ERGC. Pretty thing. I picked up the first one I saw, back in the mid-1980s. Won't do that again!!

I bet she lit you up good....the ones on the ground are always female