Photo: Alessandro Crespi
How do y... ...ou track the movement of hundreds or thousands of ants in a colony?
With barcodes, of course!... ...lued barcodes to
hundreds of individual ants to record their movement to shed some light... ...to shed some light
on the complexity o...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/21/Barcoded-Ants/
Photo: Greg Hume/Wikipedia
It's a... ...a scene straight out of a sci-fi movie: a lair of ants with huge,
swollen abdomen used as livi... ...science fact!
Meet the honeypot ant , which belly can expand to the size of grapes as... ...belly can expand to the size of grapes as worker *str...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/13/Honeypot-Ant/
Photo: Inna-Marie Strazhnik; (in... ...it lives inside the decapitated
head of ants .
The flies lay their eggs in the... ...The flies lay their eggs in the body of the ant ant 's head where they feed on the huge muscles used... ...ge muscles used...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/02/worlds-smallest-fly/
Scientists
have discovered a spe... ...s
have discovered a species of kamikaze ant in the jungle of Borneo that
blows itse... ...Several south-east Asian species of ant in the Camponotus cylindricus
group (... ...tus cylindricus
group (i.e. carpenter *stro...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/11/kamikaze-ant/