"main groups of Australian ants were responsible for causing anaphylaxis. The green-head ant was the only ant that was not a ""Myrmecia"" species to cause allergic reactions in participating individuals. Green-head ants have been reported causing mortality amongst poultry. Despite its potential danger to sensitive humans, green-head ants can be beneficial. They can serve as a form of pest control by killing agricultural pests such as beetle and moth larvae and termites. Green-head ant The green-head ant (""Rhytidoponera metallica""), also known as the green ant or metallic pony ant, is a species of ant that is endemic to Australia. It"
"Technomyrmex albipes Technomyrmex albipes, commonly known as the white-footed ant, is a species of ant first described in 1861 from Sulawesi, Indonesia by the British entomologist Frederick Smith. Invasive pest ants in Florida, previously identified as ""T. albipes"", have now been separated as ""Technomyrmex difficilis"", both forming part of a species complex with a worldwide distribution. ""T. albipes"" is a small black ant some long with the lower part of the limbs pale. Workers are chocolate-black with pale lower limbs, antennae with twelve segments and a flattened petiolar node. It differs from ""T. difficilis"" in lacking the pair of setae"
"(such as anaphylaxis). Blue ant The blue ant (""Diamma bicolor""), also known as the blue-ant or bluebottle is, despite its name and its appearance, not an ant at all, but rather a species of large solitary parasitic wasp sometimes known as a flower wasp. It is a native of south and southeast Australia, including the Australian states of Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. It is the sole member of the subfamily Diamminae and the genus Diamma, and is both morphologically and behaviorally unusual among members of the family Tiphiidae. Blue ants have a distinctive metallic blue-green body,"
"Blue ant The blue ant (""Diamma bicolor""), also known as the blue-ant or bluebottle is, despite its name and its appearance, not an ant at all, but rather a species of large solitary parasitic wasp sometimes known as a flower wasp. It is a native of south and southeast Australia, including the Australian states of Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. It is the sole member of the subfamily Diamminae and the genus Diamma, and is both morphologically and behaviorally unusual among members of the family Tiphiidae. Blue ants have a distinctive metallic blue-green body, with red legs."
"Ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists. Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organised colonies that may occupy"
"White-fronted chat The white-fronted chat (""Epthianura albifrons"") is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern Australia. The male has a white face bordered by a black breast band. It is insectivorous. Jardine and P.J.Selby described the white-fronted chat in 1828 as ""Acanthiza albifrons"". Lesson described it in 1844 as ""Fluvicola leucocephala"", and Brehm as ""Cinura torquata"" in 1845. The species is monotypic; that is, no subspecies are recognised. Tasmanian birds were thought to have longer bills but this has not been borne out on further investigation. This species has collected many vernacular names: Gould called"
"a hive mind, a common misconception about ant colonies. Ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists. Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small"
"giganteum"", the queen of which was long with a wingspan of . Ants vary in colour; most ants are red or black, but a few species are green and some tropical species have a metallic lustre. More than 12,000 species are currently known (with upper estimates of the potential existence of about 22,000) (see the article List of ant genera), with the greatest diversity in the tropics. Taxonomic studies continue to resolve the classification and systematics of ants. Online databases of ant species, including AntBase and the Hymenoptera Name Server, help to keep track of the known and newly described"
"Eciton Eciton is a New World army ant genus that contains the most familiar species of army ants. The most predominant and well-known species is ""Eciton burchellii"", which is also more commonly known as the army ant and is considered the type species. ""Eciton burchellii"" and ""Eciton hamatum"" are the most visible and best studied of the New World army ants because they forage above ground and during the day, in enormous raiding swarms. Their range stretches from southern Mexico to the northern part of Argentina. ""Eciton"" army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle in which they alternate between a nomadic"
"Euspinolia militaris The panda ant (Euspinolia militaris) is a species of hymenoptera insect from the Mutillidae family. Despite looking like an ant and being referred as such, it is in fact a form of wingless wasp. It inhabits the Chilean sclerophyll forests at Coquimbo. The animal is colloquially known as ""panda ant"" due to its fur and coloration; with white coat covering all of its head except the eyes, and black and white spots appearing over the rest of its segments.This insect is also known as cow-killer. Females possess thicker fur but lack wings. The species may be endangered due"
"in humans. Honduran white bat The Honduran white bat (""Ectophylla alba""), also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomatidae. It is the only member of the genus Ectophylla. The genus and the species were both scientifically described for the first time in 1892. It has distinctive, entirely white fur, which is only found in six of the roughly 1,300 known species of bat. It constructs ""tents"" out of understory plant leaves by strategically cutting the leaf ribs with its teeth; it roosts in these tents during the day. It is a specialist"
"White's thrush White's thrush (""Zoothera aurea"") is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It was named after the English naturalist Gilbert White. The genus name ""Zoothera"" comes from the Ancient Greek ""zoon"", ""animal"" and ""theras"", ""hunter"". The specific ""aurea"" is from Latin ""aureus"", ""golden"". It breeds in wet coniferous taiga, mainly in eastern Asia and Siberia. Northern races are strongly migratory, with most birds moving to southeastern Asia during the winter. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. The sexes are similar, 27–31 cm long, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background. The most"
"include the gravel ant, Greenslade's meat ant, meat-eater ant, mound ant, or southern meat ant. The name ""southern meat ant"" is due to its extreme abundance in the southern regions of Australia. In general, meat ants are medium to large in size, measuring , and can be easily recognised by their dark-bluish body and red head. Generally, their heads and pronotums share similar colours and are lighter than the mesothorax (the middle of the three segments in the thorax) and the propodeum (the first abdominal segment), which are reddish brown. However, the head may sometimes be lighter, and the pronotum"
"Black-headed sugar ant The black-headed sugar ant (""Camponotus nigriceps""), also known as the brown sugar ant, is a species of Formicinae ant endemic to Australia. Found throughout most states, the species is a member of the genus ""Camponotus"", a cosmopolitan genus of ants commonly known as carpenter ants. It was formally described and named by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858. These ants are characterised by their black head, reddish-brown mesosoma and black gaster, which can change in colour. The species is polymorphic: workers and soldiers measure and males are . The queens are the largest members of the colony,"
"Arnot's chat Arnot's chat (""Myrmecocichla arnotti""), also called the white-headed black-chat, is a species of bird in the chat and flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is found in southern Africa from Rwanda and Angola to South Africa. The species was described by Henry Baker Tristram in 1869 based upon a specimen collected at Victoria Falls in modern-day Zimbabwe, as ""Saxicola arnotti"". Tristram wrote that he named the species after the collector, a Mr. Arnott, but the man was actually named David Arnot. For this reason, it was suggested in 1965 that the name should be spelled ""arnoti"" instead. However, since"
"Meat ant The meat ant (""Iridomyrmex purpureus""), also known as the gravel ant or southern meat ant, is a species of ant endemic to Australia. A member of the genus ""Iridomyrmex"" in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, it was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858. The meat ant is associated with many common names due to its appearance, nest-building behaviour and abundance, of which its specific name, ""purpureus"", refers to its coloured appearance. It is among the best-known species of ant found throughout Australia; it occurs in almost all states and territories except for Tasmania. Its enormous distribution, aggression and"
"White-plumed antbird The white-plumed antbird (""Pithys albifrons"") is a small species of insectivorous bird found in the understories of rainforests. It is smaller than most species of its family (Thamnophilidae), weighing 26 grams on average. The family Thamnophilidae is known commonly as the antbirds, as they use the presence of ants (army ants in particular) to locate food. This species is largely solitary except during the breeding season, and different individuals will follow individual ant swarms. The first formal description of the white-plumed antbird was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his ""Systema"
"White eared pheasant The white eared pheasant (""Crossoptilon crossoptilon"") is a species of ""eared pheasant"" that get its name because its colouration is white and has the prominent ear tufts of the genus, not because it has white ears. The indigenous people of Himalaya call it ""shagga"", meaning snow fowl. This gregarious bird lives in large flocks, foraging on alpine meadows close to or above the snowline throughout the year. ""C. crossoptilon"" is found in China, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Tibet, where it tends to inhabit mixed forests and can be found around Buddhist monasteries. White eared pheasants tend to"
"Mutillidae The Mutillidae are a family of more than 3,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their dense pile of hair, which most often is bright scarlet or orange, but may also be black, white, silver, or gold. Black and white specimens are sometimes known as panda ants due to their hair coloration resembling that of the giant panda. Their bright colors serve as aposematic signals. They are known for their extremely painful stings, (the sting of the species ""Dasymultila klugii"" rated a 3 on the Schmidt pain index"
"(bristles) that that species has on the back of its head. The white-footed ant is native to the Indo-Pacific area, and has been introduced into Australia, Africa, North America, the Caribbean and parts of Asia. It inhabits dry forests and open locations. Tent-like nests are made out of debris in trees, bushes, rotten logs, under rocks, in leaf litter and similar places. It also nests in man-made structures such as wall cavities and attics. The colony structure of this ant is unusual; there are both winged and wingless males, and three types of female, queens, intercastes and workers. New colonies"
"Ant mimicry Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators that rely on vision to identify their prey, such as birds and wasps, normally avoid them, because they are either unpalatable or aggressive. Spiders are the most common ant mimics. Additionally, some arthropods mimic ants to escape predation (protective mimicry), while others mimic ants anatomically and behaviourally to hunt ants in aggressive mimicry. In Wasmannian mimicry, mimic and model live commensally together; in the case of ants, the model is an inquiline in the ants' nest. Wasmannian"
"White-winged vampire bat The white-winged vampire bat (""Diaemus youngi""), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus Diaemus. They are found from Mexico to northern Argentina and are present on the islands of Trinidad and Margarita. The white-winged vampire bat was described by Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink in 1893. Dr. Charles Grove Young (1849-1934) is the eponym for the species name ""youngi"". Jentink decided to honor Young with the species name because ""our Museum is indebted [to him] for so many additions to its collections of the British Guyana animals."" When it was described by"
"and biological control of the mealybug has proved difficult because of the activities of the ant. Similarly in South Africa, the ant has encouraged outbreaks of the red scale insect (""Aonidiella aurantii""), a major pest of citrus in the country. Technomyrmex albipes Technomyrmex albipes, commonly known as the white-footed ant, is a species of ant first described in 1861 from Sulawesi, Indonesia by the British entomologist Frederick Smith. Invasive pest ants in Florida, previously identified as ""T. albipes"", have now been separated as ""Technomyrmex difficilis"", both forming part of a species complex with a worldwide distribution. ""T. albipes"" is a"
"member of ""Ectophylla"". The genus name """"Ectophylla"""" is from Ancient Greek """"ektós"""" meaning ""out"" and """"phúllon"""" meaning ""leaf,"" referring to its nose-leaf. Its species name """"alba"""" comes from Latin """"albus"""" meaning ""white."" Like both its common name and specific epithet suggest, the Honduran white bat has bright white fur. The tips of individual hairs are gray, with the grayish coloration more pronounced towards the bat's posterior. This species, along with four ""Diclidurus"" species and the ghost bat (""Macroderma gigas""), is among the only currently known species of bat—more than 1,300 species have been described—where the pelage is all white. Its"
"females are easily misidentified as ants or bethylid wasps (superfamily Chrysidoidea). Particularly the African species ""F. megalops"" very closely mimics ants in its behavior and body form. Males are less ant-like in appearance. They are smaller, have longer antennae and a less constricted waist. ""F. orizabensis"" is known to be unable to survive solely on plant food. It is used as a control agent against thrips on avocado trees. Together with ""F. vespiformis"" it has been marketed in Europe as a control agent against thrips in greenhouses. ""F. vespiformis"" also feeds on mites, nymphs of a whitefly species and the"
"is listed globally as ""least concern"". It is generally sedentary, though may be nomadic in more arid parts of its range. White-fronted chat The white-fronted chat (""Epthianura albifrons"") is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern Australia. The male has a white face bordered by a black breast band. It is insectivorous. Jardine and P.J.Selby described the white-fronted chat in 1828 as ""Acanthiza albifrons"". Lesson described it in 1844 as ""Fluvicola leucocephala"", and Brehm as ""Cinura torquata"" in 1845. The species is monotypic; that is, no subspecies are recognised. Tasmanian birds were thought to have"
"species and individual birds of as many as 30 other species. There are even butterflies (esp. the family Hesperiidae) that feed almost exclusively on the feces of these bird species. The mite ""Trichocylliba crinita"" (Mesostigmata: Uropodidae) was found on the jaws of the species ""Eciton dulcium"", and nowhere else. Eciton Eciton is a New World army ant genus that contains the most familiar species of army ants. The most predominant and well-known species is ""Eciton burchellii"", which is also more commonly known as the army ant and is considered the type species. ""Eciton burchellii"" and ""Eciton hamatum"" are the most"
"clotting. Each bat ingests approximately of blood per day. They are social animals, and should be maintained in colonies. Their colonies have dominance hierarchies. White-winged vampire bat The white-winged vampire bat (""Diaemus youngi""), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus Diaemus. They are found from Mexico to northern Argentina and are present on the islands of Trinidad and Margarita. The white-winged vampire bat was described by Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink in 1893. Dr. Charles Grove Young (1849-1934) is the eponym for the species name ""youngi"". Jentink decided to honor Young with the species name"
"White-bellied antbird The white-bellied antbird (""Myrmeciza longipes""), is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Panama to northern Brazil and in Trinidad. It is also called Swainson's antcatcher (usually in historical sources) after William John Swainson, who first described it scientifically. The genus is monotypic. The white-bellied antbird was described by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1825 and given the binomial name ""Drymophila longipes"". The genus ""Myrmeciza"" was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841 with the white-bellied antbird as the type species. The genus formerly included more than 20 species."
"fossils, with the exception of the dinosaur ant (""Nothomyrmecia macrops""). ""M. nigriceps"" is a member of the ""M. gulosa"" species group, which is the largest species group of the nine groups described. The specific name, ""nigriceps"", is a combination of the Latin words ""niger"", meaning ""black"", and ""caput"", meaning ""head"". This references the distinctive black head of the ant. With this said, ""M. nigriceps"" is commonly known as the black-headed bull ant. The size of worker ants varies from . However, colonies contain very small workers, usually less than half the size of normal sized workers. Despite this, it is"
"Crematogaster Crematogaster is an ecologically diverse genus of ants found worldwide, which are characterised by a distinctive heart-shaped gaster (abdomen), which gives them one of their common names, the Saint Valentine ant. Members of this genus are also known as cocktail ants because of their habit of raising their abdomens when alarmed. Most species are arboreal. These ants are sometimes known as acrobat ants. Acrobat ants acquire food largely through predation of other insects, like wasps. They use venom to stun their prey and a complex trail-laying process to lead comrades to food sources. Like many social insects, they reproduce"
"White-winged black tit The white-winged black tit (""Melaniparus leucomelas""), also known as the white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is mainly black with a white wing patch, but differs from the more northern white-shouldered tit (""Melaniparus guineensis"") with which it sometimes considered conspecific in that it has a dark eye. It is found in central Africa, from Angola in the west to Ethiopia in the east. There are two races: The white-winged black tit was formerly one of the many species in the genus ""Parus"" but was moved to ""Melaniparus"" after a molecular phylogenetic"
"specimen can sting, because only females have the ability to sting. The velvet ant has multiple defensive strategies, but is best known for its painful sting, earning it the nickname of ""cow killer"". Its defenses include the ability to run fast and evasively, warning coloration, stridulatory sounds, a chemical secretion, and venom. Dasymutilla occidentalis Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant or eastern velvet ant), is a species of parasitoid wasp native to the eastern United States. It is commonly mistaken for a member of the true ant family, as the female is wingless. The species ranges from Connecticut to Missouri in"