Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant ...

Researchers have identified the behavioral strategies that parasitic cricket species employ to infiltrate and inhabit host ant colonies. Their research demonstrates that these crickets use 'distancing ...

Parasitic crickets survive in dangerous ant colonies using genius dodging and distancing moves while staying hidden in safe ...

An 8-year-old’s casual backyard observation has transformed our understanding of an intricate relationship between ants, ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 92, No. 3, Sep., 2009 Ant Tending of Miami Blue Butterfly Larv... The larvae of many lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: ...

She is the mother of all the ants. That means she lays the eggs, that hatch into the larvae which in turn, become the adult ants. ADAM:'The ants in a colony are not all the same. There are ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered sophisticated behavioral strategies that enable parasitic crickets ...

Escamoles, sometimes called ant egg caviar, are a delicacy in Mexico. These ant larvae can cost over $50 per pound. And when they're exported prices can double. But finding escamoles isn't easy.

Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's ...

Larvae of other ant species spin individual protective cocoons of silk. Oecophyllalarvae donate their silk to the colony. Straddling the leaf seam, an adult uses its antennae to tap the head of ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered sophisticated behavioral strategies that enable parasitic crickets to survive within ant ...