Fire Ants Falling to Acid-Covered Crazy Ants (2 of 5) (IMAGE)

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Fire Ants Falling to Acid-Covered Crazy Ants (2 of 5)

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Tawny crazy ant engaging in detoxification behavior next to imported fire ant dispensing venom. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 13, 2014, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Edward LeBrun at The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, and colleagues was titled, "Chemical Warfare Among Invaders: A Detoxification Interaction Facilitates an Ant Invasion."

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[Photograph by Lawrence Gilbert]

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