Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony. Now, researchers have discovered ...
How complex ant societies emerged among ants’ solitary ancestors remains one of the big mysteries of social insect biology. Ants are eusocial, meaning that they have overlapping generations, ...
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Jun., 1978), pp. 177-184 (8 pages) Larvae of Neotylopterus pallidus develop in seeds of Forestiera acuminata, 1 larva per seed, then exit from the fruits ...
Scientists have observed ants feasting on a nutrient-rich substance released by other ants. Pupae, ants in the last stage of ant metamorphosis before they become adults, secrete the liquid. Both adult ...
The immature stages of Trichobaris trinotata (Say) are described and illustrated both as a basis for comparison with those of Trichobaris texana LeConte and Trichobaris bridwelli Barber and for the ...
I was beneath an ash tree at the University of Colorado, examining leaves for emerald ash borers, when I found a leaf with a dense cluster of more than 50 strange creatures. I had no idea what these ...
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