Euspinolia militaris to excessive predation, despite a fertile yearly spawning numbering in the thousands. The furry panda ant lives for about 2 years. The "panda ant" does not live with other "panda ants" in colonies or make nests for habitat. They rather be alone than with other "panda ants." Another species is a velvet ant, it is the same ant but in different colors. Euspinolia militaris The panda ant (Euspinolia militaris) is a species of hymenoptera insect from the Mutillidae family. Despite looking like an ant and being referred as such, it is in fact a form of wingless wasp. It inhabits
Meat ant The meat ant was first described in 1858 by British entomologist Frederick Smith in his "Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum part VI", under the binomial name "Formica purpurea" from a holotype worker ant he collected in Melbourne, Victoria. The type material is currently housed in the Natural History Museum, London. In 1862, Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr erected the genus "Iridomyrmex", and reclassified the meat ant as a member of "Iridomyrmex" rather than the genus "Formica". The ant was named "Iridomyrmex purpurea" in 1862. Mayr renamed the ant as "Iridomyrmex purpureus" one year after. "I.