With a little help from her friends of course!
On our way to set up a malaise trap before the rains hit while in Costa Rica last month, we stumbled across the following scene (click photos to enlarge):
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Feb 052010
Bolivian bees being baited, walking with wasps, and ants all around! Hypnotizing Hymenoptera!
Jan 222010
The godfather of entomology, E.O. Wilson, has published a fantastic story in the New Yorker Magazine detailing the life and death of an ant colony. My favourite line:
When defending the nest, the elders were among the most suicidally aggressive. They were obedient to a simple truth that separates our two species: humans send their young men to war; ants send their old ladies.
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/01/25/100125fi_fiction_wilson?currentPage=all#ixzz0dN801Mhe
Thanks to Alex Wild at the Myrmecos Blog for the link!