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==Defenses== |
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Its defensive behaviours include self-destruction by [[autothysis]]. Two oversized, poison-filled mandibular glands run the entire length of the ant's body. When combat takes a turn for the worse, the ant violently contracts its abdominal muscles to rupture its body and spray poison in all directions. |
Its defensive behaviours include self-destruction by [[autothysis]]. Two oversized, poison-filled mandibular glands run the entire length of the ant's body. When combat takes a turn for the worse, the ant violently contracts its abdominal muscles to rupture its body and spray poison in all directions. |
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==Description== |
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Workers are 4 to 6 mm long.<ref name=emery1889>Emery 1889: 516</ref> |
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==Footnotes== |
==Footnotes== |
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Camponotus saundersi is a species of ant found in Malaysia.
Defenses
Its defensive behaviours include self-destruction by autothysis. Two oversized, poison-filled mandibular glands run the entire length of the ant's body. When combat takes a turn for the worse, the ant violently contracts its abdominal muscles to rupture its body and spray poison in all directions.
Footnotes
References
- Emery, Carlo (1889): Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XX. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 2 7(27): 485-520. [ PDF]
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