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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

African Velvet Ant

Dasylabris maura

About

A large black and white velvet ant found across North Africa and the Mediterranean. Females are densely covered in silvery-white hair patches on a black body.

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Did You Know?

Its contrasting black and white pattern serves as a warning signal to predators about its extremely painful sting.