Sabtu, 06 Oktober 2012

6 Types of Ants Most Unique in the World

1. Semut honeypot Myrmecocystus
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Ants in dry climates should store food to survive longer than scarcity. In the deserts of North America, Myrmecocystus honeypot ants use their bodies as living containers, their bodies swell karen liquid reserves, and brought to the nest mate.


2. Semut Harpegnathos saltator

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Ants Jumpers India, Harpegnathos saltator, was one of the first ants to have genome sequencing.


3. Semut Podomyrma

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Podomyrma ant larvae tend to approach Lycaenid in South Australia. These caterpillars secrete substances that are attractive to ants, and the ants in turn provide protection from parasites. Ants are very abundant, that many other species have come to depend on them in different ways.


4. Semut Malagasi 

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Among the peculiarities of the family is a mystery Malagasy ants ants (Mystrium species), which is a predator rainforest leaf litter dwellers.


5. Semut Cecropia 

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(Azteca alfaroi) guard their trees seriously against intruders. Working together, they surround and immobilize their opponents by pinning the opponent until limp.


6. Semut Thaumatomyrmex

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One of the world's rarest insect is Thaumatomyrmex, ant mandibles strange tropical America has long made scientists ant confused.

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