Sentences with phrase «tawny crazy ant»
The tawny crazy ant (above) covers itself in its own venom to neutralize toxic compounds after being attacked by fire ants (below).
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A group of tawny crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva), upstart newcomers to the southern United States from South America, was trying to steal food — dead crickets — from hundreds of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta).
Tawny crazy ants may not be the only ones able to defend themselves on the battlefield with formic acid, he says.
Their challengers: the tawny crazy ants.