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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

European Amazon Ant

Polyergus rufescens

Not Evaluated

About

An obligate slave-making ant that raids colonies of Formica ants to steal pupae. The kidnapped workers then perform all domestic duties for the Polyergus colony.

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Did You Know?

Their sickle-shaped mandibles are so specialized for fighting that they cannot feed themselves or care for their own brood.