They’re dang hard to kill, too! Even stepping on one (with a shoe on!) will not usually kill one outright unless you grind it down into pieces!.............
Believe it or not, this was the first one I had seen. We were on vacation in TX this summer and my son came in and said, “Bring your camera, you’ll want a shot of this!” When I saw it the word velvet ant came to mind, but I wasn’t sure, so when I got home I looked it up (hard to look up when you don’t know what it is!).
I didn’t try to kill it, but I’ll tell you what, it was FAST!
susie