Decapitator flies lay their larvae inside the ant's thorax. The ant then has just a few weeks to live before its eaten from the inside out. . | Credit: armi fauzi / 500px via Getty Images.

While the round sapsuckers maintain a peaceful, mutually beneficial relationship with ants, the flat aphids mimic ant larvae, and once they’re carried into the ant nest, they feed on the real ...

The black garden queen ant (Lasius niger) ensures colony survival by laying thousands of eggs after a single mating. Her diet, including honeydew, insects, and sometimes her own infected larvae ...

Florida carpenter ants also consume their own venom for protection. (Simon Tragust) In further experiments, when queens were presented with sick larvae that had already died and begun to produce ...

Also known as “grease ants,” thief ants are tiny – they measure only about 1/16 of an inch in length. Their bodies are light yellow or brown in color. Thief ants like to build their nests in close ...

First, ants bring woodpecker poop teeming with tapeworm eggs to the colony and feed them to ant larva. Then, these infected ant larva mature into adult ants.

They are also called grease ants because they are attracted to grease. Nuptial flight of these species happens in Summer from late July to early fall. Thiefs are tiny, about 1/16th of an inch, ... The ...

Grease ants are also called thief ants because of their feeding and nesting habits, which also separates them from other ant varieties. These creepy crawlies purposely build their homes next to other ...

And while ants of all ages seem to enjoy the fluid, young ant larvae need it—those deprived of the fluid in their first four days of life fail to grow, and many eventually die. "The first few days ...

Scientists Just Discovered That Ants Make Milk Adults and larvae consume a nutrient-rich fluid released by pupae. Will Sullivan - Daily Correspondent. December 5, 2022. Get our newsletter!