A newly-discovered species of beetle manages to be...  ...covered species of beetle manages to benefit from army ants by riding around on them. Nymphister kronaueri is...  ...etle that clamps its jaws around the waist of the army ant Eciton burchellii and tags along, unseen because...  ...and tags along, unseen...

Photo: Alex Wild...  ...Wild That's an Eciton hamatum soldier ant from the Jatun Sacha reserve, Ecuador,...  ...t of Alex Wild's skin. Ouch! The ant 's ice-tong mandibles latch onto the enemy and giv...  ...to use her stinger at the rear end of the *strong class="match...