Definition of velvet ant in English:

velvet ant

noun

A velvety-bodied insect that is related to the wasps. The female is wingless and the larvae parasitize the young of bees and wasps in the nest.
蚁蜂，绒蚁
Family Mutillidae, superfamily Scolioidea: numerous species, including the European Mutilla europaea
Example sentencesExamples
- Because velvet ants usually travel alone and are not social, a person is unlikely to receive multiple stings.
- Arizona alone boasts 40 species each of scorpions and velvet ants, and 250 butterflies; the Sonoran Desert has 40 species of termites.
- When it has completed its development, the larva forms a pupa and later emerges as an adult velvet ant.
- The velvet ant lays its eggs inside the body of living caterpillars, ants, bees and beetles.
- So, if you see velvet ants, there is probably an underground wasp nest or bee nest somewhere close.

Definition of velvet ant in US English:

velvet ant

noun

A velvety-bodied insect that is related to the wasps. The female is wingless and the larvae parasitize the young of bees and wasps in the nest.
蚁蜂，绒蚁
Family Mutillidae, superfamily Scolioidea: numerous species
Example sentencesExamples
- The velvet ant lays its eggs inside the body of living caterpillars, ants, bees and beetles.
- Because velvet ants usually travel alone and are not social, a person is unlikely to receive multiple stings.
- So, if you see velvet ants, there is probably an underground wasp nest or bee nest somewhere close.
- Arizona alone boasts 40 species each of scorpions and velvet ants, and 250 butterflies; the Sonoran Desert has 40 species of termites.
- When it has completed its development, the larva forms a pupa and later emerges as an adult velvet ant.

单词	velvet ant
释义	Definition of velvet ant in English: velvet ant noun A velvety-bodied insect that is related to the wasps. The female is wingless and the larvae parasitize the young of bees and wasps in the nest. 蚁蜂，绒蚁 Family Mutillidae, superfamily Scolioidea: numerous species, including the European Mutilla europaea Example sentencesExamples Because velvet ants usually travel alone and are not social, a person is unlikely to receive multiple stings. Arizona alone boasts 40 species each of scorpions and velvet ants, and 250 butterflies; the Sonoran Desert has 40 species of termites. When it has completed its development, the larva forms a pupa and later emerges as an adult velvet ant. The velvet ant lays its eggs inside the body of living caterpillars, ants, bees and beetles. So, if you see velvet ants, there is probably an underground wasp nest or bee nest somewhere close. Definition of velvet ant in US English: velvet ant noun A velvety-bodied insect that is related to the wasps. The female is wingless and the larvae parasitize the young of bees and wasps in the nest. 蚁蜂，绒蚁 Family Mutillidae, superfamily Scolioidea: numerous species Example sentencesExamples The velvet ant lays its eggs inside the body of living caterpillars, ants, bees and beetles. Because velvet ants usually travel alone and are not social, a person is unlikely to receive multiple stings. So, if you see velvet ants, there is probably an underground wasp nest or bee nest somewhere close. Arizona alone boasts 40 species each of scorpions and velvet ants, and 250 butterflies; the Sonoran Desert has 40 species of termites. When it has completed its development, the larva forms a pupa and later emerges as an adult velvet ant.
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