Two Ants (IMAGE)

Penn State

Two Ants

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Carpenter ants in temperate forests bite onto twigs or bark and wrap their back legs around the twigs. Ant on left has just latched onto the twig and is dying or dead. Ant on right has been dead a while, has fungal stalk growing out of its head and is desiccated.

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Kim Fleming

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