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Every ant nest is an ecosystem. The short video above shows a handful of myrmecophiles found in the top chambers of a single Liometopum apiculatum colony. Look for ant crickets (Myrmecophilus manni), myrmecoid and limuloid staphylinid beetles (Sceptobius schmitti and Dinardilla liometopi), one myrmecophilous spider, and one myrmecophilous velvet mite. *also shown, one host ant and one rogue termite
The practical workout
The Game Changer
My kingdom for a queen
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Noteworthy Excavations
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Research Scenes
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Field Sites and Trips
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Class Field Trips
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Guests and spider heart-breakers
Veromessor pergandei remove spider webs
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Friends in the Forest
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FL harvester ant mating flight
Myrmecophiles of
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