A species of trap-jaw ant has been found to exhibit a previously unseen jumping behavior, using its legs rather than its powerful jaws. The discovery makes this species, Odontomachus rixosus, the only ...
Surprisingly gently. That’s how Odontomachus ants use their trap jaws to move soft, wriggly larvae around the nest. When ants hunt, though, those same jaws can smack shut at speeds exceeding 200 ...
It's not much to look at in the beginning. This is the first larval phase of a trap-jaw ant emerging from its egg. New research published in the journal Myrmecology News finds that trap-jaw ants ...
An aggressive type of trap-jaw ant with a mighty bite is gaining ground in the U.S. southeast, new research finds. The species, Odontomachus haematodus, is native to South America, but it seems to ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Boxer Muhammad Ali famously declared his intent to "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee," but perhaps boxers should look to another type of insect for inspiration: the ...
This species of trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus relictus, is only found in Florida. It is a cousin of O. haematodus, a South American species that has recently taken hold along the Gulf Coast. (Magdalena ...
Place Parc National de Marojejy, Manantenina River, 28.0 kilometers 38 degrees northeast Andapa, 8.2 kilometers 333 degrees north-northwest Manantenina, [Not Stated], Madagascar ...
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstream/2292/43698/2/Matos-Maravi_etal_2018_MolEcol_ants_taxon_cycle_BGB_traits.pdf ...
image: A species of trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus rixosus, has been found to exhibit a previously unseen jumping behavior, using its legs rather than its powerful jaws. The discovery makes this the only ...
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