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  2. Gliding ant - Wikipedia

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    Gliding ants have been shown to have an 85%" [1] chance of landing successfully on the same tree, as opposed to 5% if they were simply parachuting like normal ants. This adaptation helps to keep ants from getting lost or killed on the forest floor, away from their treetop nests. During a fall, gliding ants use visual cues to locate tree trunks.

  3. Cephalotes - Wikipedia

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    Cephalotes is a genus of tree-dwelling ant species from the Americas, commonly known as turtle ants.All appear to be gliding ants, with the ability to "parachute" and steer their fall so as to land back on the tree trunk rather than fall to the ground, which is often flooded.

  4. Cephalotes placidus - Wikipedia

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    Cephalotes placidus is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head, and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name also as gliding ants. [1] [2]

  5. Cephalotes atratus - Wikipedia

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    This ant usually builds its nest in a hollow in a large live or dead tree. A small entrance may lead to a complex of tunnels and chambers, all excavated by the ants. From the nest the workers emerge by day to forage on other parts of the tree, or cross to contiguous trees, and make use of the crevices in the bark as runways to descend to the ...

  6. Triplaris americana - Wikipedia

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    The ant tree grows up to 30 meters in height, with a trunk up to 30 centimeters in diameter and ochrea up to 12 centimeters in length. Its smooth bark is a mottled gray color. The leaves are oval to oblong and measure up to 40 centimeters long by 20 wide, with undersides that are sometimes woolly with brown fibers.

  7. Cephalotes alfaroi - Wikipedia

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    Cephalotes alfaroi is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name also as gliding ants. [1] [2] The major components of the mandibular gland secretion of C. alfaroi are 4-hepanone and 4 ...

  8. Cephalotes multispinosus - Wikipedia

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    Cephalotes multispinosus is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.

  9. Cephalotes pallens - Wikipedia

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    Cephalotes pallens is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they are on. Giving their name also as gliding ants. [1] [2]