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Arboreal ants build traps to capture prey

Alain Dejean, Pascal Jean Solano, Julien Ayroles, Bruno Corbara and Jérôme Orivel ()
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Alain Dejean: Laboratoire d'Évolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR CNRS 5174), Université Toulouse III
Pascal Jean Solano: Laboratoire d'Évolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR CNRS 5174), Université Toulouse III
Julien Ayroles: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Bruno Corbara: Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale de la Cognition (ESA CNRS 6024), Université Blaise Pascal
Jérôme Orivel: Laboratoire d'Évolution et Diversité Biologique (UMR CNRS 5174), Université Toulouse III

Nature, 2005, vol. 434, issue 7036, 973-973

Abstract: Tiny ants construct an elaborate ambush to immobilize and kill much larger insects.

Date: 2005
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