Necrophoresis (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Necrophoresis

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This is an Argentine ant worker carrying a dead nestmate (necrophoresis). The rapid dissipation of compounds associated with live ants allows the latent necrophoric behavior to be triggered.

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Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Riverside.

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