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Weaver Ant Folding Paper Dr. Chris Reid, Macquarie University Weaver Ant chains can easily surpass all other creatures. Weaver Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), found from India to…
Paleontologists describe the oldest known members of Haidomyrmecinae – An extinct subfamily of ants that were only during the Cretaceous period – preserved as an impression…
Velvet ants inject venom through their abdomen and sting.JoJo Dexter/Getty Images The bite of a female velvet ant is one of the most painful in the…
Japanese honeybees flap their wings to knock down ants that try to invade their nest. Ants often invade honeybee hives to steal honey, prey on eggs,…
Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) – Jumping spiders, a diverse genus of large ants that inhabit many forested areas around the world, are able to selectively treat the…
Termites in FloridaPaul Young/Alamy Some ants will bite off the infected limbs of their nestmates to improve their chances of survival, making them the only non-human…
Florida carpenter ants are unique in their behavior, as they have been observed selectively cutting off the injured limbs of their nestmates. This unusual behavior was…
A colony of black garden ants in a nest with several eggs, pupae, larvae and a large queen beeNick Bruning/Shutterstock When a black ant queen notices…
Infected wounds pose a significant mortality risk to animals. Injuries are common in Matabeleari (Megaponera analis), raiding warlike prey. New research shows that these predatory ants…