The Hercules beetle is not only one of the largest flying insects in the world ... spores from growing on the ant’s exoskeleton. Some ants are venomous or poisonous, including bulldog ants, bullet ...

The South American bullet ant. (credit: WIKIMEDIA ... turtles, crocodilians, flying reptiles called pterosaurs, birds and dinosaurs including the feathered meat-eater Ubirajara.

Trap-jaw ants bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight ... Employing the same high-speed imaging methods as those used to film flying bullets, an American research team now shows that ...

"What do the winged ants do?" Brief answer ... The mandables (jaws) of army ants, leaf-cutting ants, driver ants and bullet ants have been used in Central and South America to close wounds. Both ...

What Is a Flying Ant? Flying ants, also known as alates, are swarming adult hive members of various ant species. Ants have complex societies that require each subgroup of ants to perform different ...

The man was flying to South Korea ... 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants. Each of the bugs was crawling around inside its own small plastic bag, where they were obscured by filter paper ...

Many Boston residents encountered an unwelcome sight this week: swarms of flying ants. The bugs splattered cars, flew up noses, and, in one reported case, fell into a man's frappe outside a J.P ...

This past Monday, hundreds of flying ants swarmed through the air, covering streets, cars and houses and leaving scattered carcasses behind them. The phenomenon caused chaos for some, trapping ...

Boston area residents concerned about scores of flying ants shooting through the skies should know that while it is their mating season, there’s ways to have them stop being pests. Residents ...

Summer is filled with many delights, from longer days, hotter weather, and the school break to more time outside to enjoy the better weather. However, with the warmer season comes the start of ...

"It can't be too windy and often it has just rained or it will rain soon." No. In Britain and Ireland, flying ant days typically occur in July or August, often in warmer urban areas first ...

What is Flying Ant Day? Each summer millions of flying ants descend on the UK when the temperature and humidity conditions are just right to mate. According to the Natural History Museum ...