Tani Psycho Ants’ Relatives and Friends: Decapitating and Adorning Other Ants’ Heads

# Vijayakumar Blathur

PEarly hunters used to cut off the heads of buffaloes, bears and tigers. Some were in the habit of stuffing it and decorating their porch walls as a trophy. Similarly, there are psycho ants in Florida in North America who cut off the heads of other ants they have hunted and put them in their cages and decorate them. Formica archboldi ants are such unique ants. They mostly kill trap-jaw ants of the genus Odontomachus. Their main prey is trap-jaw ants, which have hooked jaws like tight hands. Due to their similar chemical composition, they are able to enter the cages of the bearded dragons without being noticed by them. Bring the formic acid spray after immobilization.

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