Ravoux's slavemaker ant
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ravoux-s-slavemaker-ant-227-2187661
title:
Ravoux's slavemaker ant
text:
Ravoux's slavemaker ant is a species of slave-making ant endemic to Europe. The species are helotistic, that is, they oppress another species of ant in order to sustain their colony. The queen will fake death to entice ants from another colony to drag her back to their nest, where she awakens and kills the nest's original queen. She will then cover herself in the dead queen's pheromones, and will begin producing eggs. The slavemaker ants then overrun the colony and then find a new colony to take
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of ant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravoux%27s_slavemaker_ant
date created:
2007-07-31T16:56:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T03:07:09Z
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