army ant

1 Every insect poses different challenges, but Cockerill told Ars that wrangling the army ants on location in the Costa Rican rainforest was probably the trickiest.

2 National Geographic/Jamie Thorpe Director of Photography Alex Jones films army ants and an elephant beetle in Costa Rica.

3 Muratore and her collaborators believe an army ant’s collaborative capabilities could soon help engineers program swarms of robots based on the insect’s behavior principles and brains.

4 Apart from their nasty stings, army ant colonies are often known for their stunning, intricate architectural feats using their own bodies.

5 Ultimately, the researchers say that the species is the second oldest army ant species to be identified, and the first (and only) to be identified in Europe, which was much warmer and wetter 35 million years ago.

6 The outcome is a fascinating visualization of army ant nests and a unique insight into the behaviour behind such complex self-assembly.

7 Further analysis of its morphological and phylogenetic features revealed that the insect likely lived underground and was a close ancestor of a type of modern army ant from Africa and Asia, known as the Dorylus.

8 To ride their bucking steeds, the beetles rely on a pair of specialized pincers perfect for grasping an army ant's waist.

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