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Evolutionary co-option of trap-jaw ant mandible strikes: defensive interactions with antlions

Larabee, FredrickUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2012

… during their interactions with predatory antlions in the genus Myrmeleon. Using behavioral observations, high-speed videography, and traditional bioassays, I describe how trap-jaw ants can use their mandible strikes to escape from antlion pits. Interestingly, while both species use the …

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A Comparison of Antlions, Bees, Darkling Beetles and Velvet Ants Across Sand Dune and Non-Sand Dune Habitats at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Boehme, Nicole F.

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