"Milk" for ant larvae. Ants operate within the bustle of a busy colony, posing difficulties for researchers trying to observe the various interactions among ants that keep the colony running smoothly.

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Ant pupae—which are equivalent to the chrysalis stage of the butterfly—produce a milklike substance derived from molting fluid that is eaten by both adult ants and larvae. Typically, when insects molt ...

Worker ants tend to pupae and small larvae in a colony of clonal raider ants, Ooceraea biroi. Photograph by Daniel Kronauer. ANIMALS; Ants make ‘milk’? This new discovery took scientists by ...

Within 24 hours, the larvae and adult ants in the colony had taken up the dye into their digestive tracts. Read more: Ants appear to feel more optimistic after a sugary treat.

Aphids Vampirize Ant Larvae. Wingless, root-dwelling aphids from the same species can come in two different shapes: round or flat.

In the traditional view, ant pupae are passive, trapped in a dull, transitional phase of life. The insect starts as a wriggling, wormlike larva, then seals itself into an inert pupa that looks ...

The ants defend the plant against fungi and herbivorous caterpillars but are apparently subject to a specialized beetle that also lives in those hollow stems and feeds on the ants and their larvae.

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...