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Meet the Brazilian Velvet Ant, a Rare 'Ultra-Black' Wasp That's So Dark It Absorbs Almost All Visible Light
But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of ...
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This Brazilian Velvet Ant Is So Dark That It’s Ultrablack
About the size of a board game die, one species of velvet ant is known for its distinct black and white markings, which dazzle the eye as the creatures scurry across tropical savanna and a dry ...
Brazilian velvet ant’s ultrablack coloring absorbs nearly all light
The first thing to understand about velvet ants is that they are not, in fact, ants. They're wasps, some of which are wingless, and are named in part for their fluffy exteriors.
Smithsonian Magazine5d
Meet the Brazilian Velvet Ant, a Rare ‘Ultra-Black’ Wasp That’s So Dark It Absorbs Almost All Visible Light
it also has intriguing implications for designing man-made materials Eli Wizevich History Correspondent The wasp species known as the "velvet ant" has a pattern of white and ultra-black coloration.