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This oogpister beetle steals its chemical defenses from ants. This segment is from the BBC version of the TV show Life. Love the name! We’ve been seeing a lot of ant lion pits lately. The insect at the bottom of those funnel-shaped pits is the larval stage of the ant lion, also called a doodlebug. Ant lions are found in warm areas throughout the world, including Florida and the southwestern United States. The ant lion larva looks a bit like a [...] A few days ago I stumbled onto this scene. A tiny spider was running rapid circles around this carpenter ant worker. The ant was struggling. (This would have been better as a video, but I had to make do.) The spider was spinning around with its abdomen towards the ant. Another bigger ant stopped by to [...] |
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