In the animal world, the ant family is a small animal, generally 2 to 20 mm long, but there are about 15,000 kinds of ants in the known world, including many fierce ants, such as marching ants, bullet ants, etc., and in Australia there is a class of ants, daring to hunt the top predators in the insect world - bumblebees, even bumblebees are invincible ants - bulldog ants.
First, the population of bulldog ants
The bulldog ant is a type of ant, of which there are also different breeds of bulldog ants, and there are about 90 known species of bulldog ants, almost all of which are distributed only in Australia. Pit bull ants also vary in size, with the smallest breed only 15 mm and the largest breed growing up to 40 mm, which makes them a ferocious omnivorous ant.
Second, the top hunter of the insect world - bumblebee
Among insects, bumblebees are generally about 4 cm long, with a very fierce personality, plus the female bee has a powerful long sting needle, which is toxin, and people are stung, especially people with allergies. Due to its aggressive ferocity, bumblebee can attack or sting people many times on humans or other animals, and is a dangerous creature.
In the insect food chain, bumblebees are also the top hunters in the insect world, feeding on bees, other insects, etc., and will also eat some plants, so the wasp colony is very difficult to provoke, and when it encounters attacks or unfriendly interference, the bee colonies will attack in groups.
How bulldog ants hunt bumblebees
Among ants, pit bull ants are extremely aggressive, one is the attack weapon, the bulldog ant has a sharp serrated jaw and hard stinging spines, and the other is the bulldog ant has an amazing bouncing ability.
How do flyless pit bull ants catch insects like flying bumblebees?
Bulldog ants will use ambush to prey, pit bull ants will hide under the leaves and other places to hide, when flying insects such as bumblebees fall on the leaves or fly on the side, pit bull ants will quickly sneak up on wasps, because of the amazing bouncing ability of bulldog ants, they can jump on the backs of flying insects such as wasps, stab wasps on their backs, and stab flying wasps and other insects to the ground.
In theory, bumblebees are more effective, but pit bull ants have the upper hand and will quickly insert thorns into the body of their prey, making them incapable of fighting back, and eventually becoming food for bulldog ants.
Bulldog ants have strong hunting ability, but will not eat prey alone, when the bull dog ants will enjoy the juice of the prey, will drag the trophy prey back to the nest to feed the young ants, due to the unusually fierce temperament of the bulldog ants, the lethality is also very large, the bulldog ants are also considered to be one of the most dangerous ants in the world.
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