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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 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]

4. 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.

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. Cephalotes adolphi - Wikipedia

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   Cephalotes adolphi 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. Also known as gliding ants. [1] [2] The species is native of Peru and of the Brazilian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais. [3]

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 ...