Red Velvet Ant
Likewise known as the cow ant as well as the cow awesome, the red velvet ant is actually a wasp species belonging to the Eastern US.
It is the largest Velvet ant types in the US, attaining an approximate size of 2 cm (0.75 in). While they can’t actually kill a cow, females can an extremely unpleasant sting – agonizing sufficient to “eliminate a cow.”