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Weaver ant nest

Inside a weaver ant nest a beetle is being dismantled by worker ants. The nest is a structure fromed by stitching together the edges of leaves. This is done by a row of ants aligning along the edges of a pair of leaves to hold them in place. The "stitching" is then done using the ant larvae, which produce a kind of silk, as needles.

 

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Uploaded on January 20, 2009
Taken on January 20, 2009