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The red hind wings are mostly hidden unless the wings are spread.
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Their hind wings feature red and black contrasting patches with a white ring.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The team say that S. charybdis should be categorized in a separate family, however, because the ancient wasps have a pattern of veins in their hind wings that is unique.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
All ants differ from termites in three main ways: Ants have tiny waists, hind wings smaller than front wings and front antennae with elbows.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
When the outer wings open, a second set of delicate wings, called the hind wings, are exposed.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The hind wings are red, with black spots at the front and black bars at the rear.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
Its hind wing boasts yellow tufts called the androconia.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
Their hind wings feature red and black contrasting patches with a white ring.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The team say that S. charybdis should be categorized in a separate family, however, because the ancient wasps have a pattern of veins in their hind wings that is unique.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
All ants differ from termites in three main ways: Ants have tiny waists, hind wings smaller than front wings and front antennae with elbows.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
When the outer wings open, a second set of delicate wings, called the hind wings, are exposed.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The hind wings are red, with black spots at the front and black bars at the rear.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
Its hind wing boasts yellow tufts called the androconia.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
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“Hind wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hind%20wing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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