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2 days ago · Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.
Jul 7, 2024 · Sahara desert ants (genus Cataglyphis) scavenge for dead insects on the scorching sand and salt-pan terrain of the Sahara; they can tolerate surface temperatures of 60 °C (140 °F) or higher for short periods, making them one of the most heat-tolerant groups of insects known.
2 days ago · The jack jumper ant (Myrmecia pilosula), also known as the jack jumper, jumping jack, hopper ant, or jumper ant, is a species of venomous ant native to Australia.
2 days ago · Common symptoms include dizziness, chest pain, nausea, severe sweating, low blood pressure, loss of breath, and slurred speech. More than 80 deaths have been recorded from red imported fire ant attacks.
Jul 3, 2024 · Ants with upper-leg injuries that were isolated died about 60 percent of the time, while ants that received surgeries, either from the researchers or from fellow ants, almost always lived ...
Jul 10, 2024 · Adult workers display aggressive behavior when under the threat of attack from neighboring ant colonies, while young fire ants, whose stingers and external skeletons are not yet fully developed, play dead.
Jun 21, 2024 · Strategically, ants infected by fungi of the species complex O. unilateralis s.l., such as Camponotus, Colobopsis, Dinomyrmex, and Polyrhachis, climb bushes (summit behavior) and lock their jaws on plant tissue (biting behavior) just before dying from the fungus infection (Hughes et al. 2011 ).
