One kind of carpenter ant in Asia will commit suicide to protect the nest by causing its head to explode, spraying the enemy with a toxic substance. This is known as autothysis. That would be ...

Fortunately, the carpenter ant species common in the South typically don’t cause as much damage—and rarely structural ...

There are an estimated 20 quadrillion ants all over the planet, except in Antarctica — a bummer, considering the continent’s name. But a close-up shot of a carpenter ant that started making ...

Carpenter ants: Among the largest ants in the United States, ranging from 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch long. ... About 1/8-inch long, with parallel lines on head and thorax.

Carpenter ants don’t actually eat wood. They dine on a whole range of other foods that other ants like, too: insects, honeydew from plants, pet food and scraps of people food (both meat and sweets).

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Florida carpenter ants were observed performing surgery on each other. By Jennifer Vilcarino. July 3, 2024, 3:56 PM. 0:19. Wide shot of an ant amputating an injured ant's leg. Bart Zijlstra, UNIL.

Humans aren’t the only ones capable of performing amputations to save lives. Florida carpenter ants have been observed biting off the injured limbs of nestmates, depending on the location of the ...

Florida carpenter ants were observed cleaning wounds and carrying out leg amputations to save the lives of their nestmates, according to a new study. CNN values your feedback 1.

Reddish-brown Florida carpenter ants, which reach about 1.5 centimeters (about three-fifths of an inch) in length, can be found nesting in rotting wood throughout the southeastern United States.