Hitching rides
with army ants in this way is nothing new.
In Peru, the team's testing site was swarmed
with army ants for 2 days straight.
Brady combined the genetic data
with the army ant fossil information and the ants» morphological (form and structure) information to establish ages for the different ant species.
Not exact matches
It leaves in its wake not only a trail of carnage but also a series of connected columns along which the victorious
army ant workers run
with their booty.
The beetle uses its mandibles to latch on to an
army ant's rear, where it blends in while moving to a new nest together
with the
ants
In this picture, taken on Barro Colordo Island, Panama, workers of the
army ant species Eciton hamatum form a bridge
with their bodies.
Given that it managed to go undetected by people, despite living
with one of the most well - studied species of
army ant (Eciton mexicanum), von Beeren says it's likely there are more such critters out there waiting to be found (BMC Zoology, doi.org/bzjm).
But a newly discovered species of beetle has an ingenious method of getting around
with little effort: it bites on to an
army ant's butt and hitches a ride.
Given that N. kronaueri managed to go undetected by people, despite living
with one of the most well - studied species of
army ant (Eciton mexicanum), von Beeren suggests it's highly likely there are more of these bizarre critters out there waiting to be found.
Now, I'd shriek the house down if they were real
ants scurrying around on my person, but I'm more than okay
with a cohesive Hymenoptera
army woven into my picnic - inspired look.
And since miniaturization is the whole schtick of
Ant - Man, we get to gee Marvel's famous and often seamless special effects, this time dealing
with the world of bugs the size of elephants, carpet fibers like great stalks of corn and an
army of various
ants that help Lang defeat as many bad guys as possible.
For those curious about what such a pint - sized hero can achieve, know this: in his first - ever comic appearance,
Ant - Man took down several Soviet agents trying to steal his shrinking serum — and triumphed
with the help of, yes, an
army of
ants.
One of his staunch anti-Communist Houston constituents, Joanne Herring (Roberts, The
Ant Bully), would be the one to draw attention to Wilson as to the atrocities committed by the Red
Army, and moved to do something about it, Wilson began a crusade to get the U.S. behind a plan to thwart the Commies by funneling money into Pakistan, while working out a deal
with the Israelis to supply Russian weapons for the Mujahedeen to use against them, thanks to inside information by CIA insider Gust Avrokotos (Hoffman, M: I III).