They can spray formic acid out of their gaster to melt skin tissue. instead of stinging and swarming, they normally stretch out the prey by the legs until it splits or dies from bites and formic acid.
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^Joshua D. Day; Tara B. B. Bishop; Samuel B. St. Clair (2018). "Fire and plant invasion, but not rodents, alter ant community abundance and diversity in a semi‐arid desert". Ecosphere. 9 (7): e02344–. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2344. ISSN 2150-8925.
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myrmecocystus, testaceus, species, found, throughout, southern, united, states, this, species, usually, nocturnal, nests, sand, myrmecocystus, mexicanusprofile, view, specimenscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, . Myrmecocystus testaceus is a species of ant 1 Found throughout southern United States this species of ant is usually nocturnal and nests in sand Myrmecocystus mexicanusProfile view of ant Myrmecocystus testaceus specimenScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily FormicidaeSubfamily FormicinaeGenus MyrmecocystusSpecies M testaceusBinomial nameMyrmecocystus testaceusEmery 1893They can spray formic acid out of their gaster to melt skin tissue instead of stinging and swarming they normally stretch out the prey by the legs until it splits or dies from bites and formic acid References edit Joshua D Day Tara B B Bishop Samuel B St Clair 2018 Fire and plant invasion but not rodents alter ant community abundance and diversity in a semi arid desert Ecosphere 9 7 e02344 doi 10 1002 ecs2 2344 ISSN 2150 8925 This Formicinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Myrmecocystus testaceus amp oldid 1136115713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
