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The reasons that can lead ant colonies to clash are varied and depend on the species, locations, and contexts. For a number of them, such as leafcutter ants Atta laevigata, wood ants of the genus Formica, certain species of the genus Carebara, or giant ants Dinomyrmex gigas, it is a matter of territory covered and thus the available food for the different colonies.
In ant colonies using the gamergate system, where all workers have a spermatheca and thus the potential to become egg-laying individuals, conflicts are much more violent and are a regular part of colony management. [4] [8] Workers may engage in contests and confrontations to determine who will have the right or possibility to lay eggs. In these ...
Ant bites are used in the initiation ceremonies of some Amazon Indian cultures as a test of endurance. [230] [231] In Greek mythology, the goddess Athena turned the maiden Myrmex into an ant when the latter claimed to have invented the plough, when in fact it was Athena's own invention. [232] An ant pictured in the coat of arms of Multia, a ...
Historically, "army ant" in the broad sense referred to various members of five different ant subfamilies. In two of these cases, the Ponerinae and Myrmicinae , only a few species and genera exhibit legionary behavior; in the other three lineages, Ecitoninae , Dorylinae , and Leptanillinae , all of the constituent species were considered to be ...
Drive-in advertisement from 1954.. In November 1952, George Pal announced he would adapt the short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" into a feature film, with Philip Yordan to write the screenplay.
8. – Green ant vs. Paper wasp 7. – Tiger leeches vs.Freshwater crab 6. – Trap-jaw ant vs. Antlion 5. – Assassin bug vs. Ogre-faced spider 4. – Desert centipede vs. Desert trapdoor spider 3. – Giant rainforest mantis vs. Spiny leaf insect 2. – Green jumping spider vs. Long-jawed jumping spider 1. – Tree scorpion vs. Green ant
The original Ant War was a web game published in 2000, and its popularity encouraged Anarchy Enterprises to develop a full PC version. [1] Ant War was influenced by the quick pick-up time of casual strategy game, Lemonade Tycoon. [1] A demo version of the game was made available to play in web browsers.
screams the ant admiral.) [citation needed] The humor magazine National Lampoon parodied the story in a short story called "Leiningen and the Snails", in which the title character faces a swarm of "army snails", and has "merely three weeks" to think of a way to defend the plantation.