Tag Archive for 'Saharan silver ant'

A nest of the Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina) in Erg Chebbi, Morocco: outside the nest some ants are feasting on a camel tick; at the entrance to the nest is a piece of dry camel dropping. Image credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / CC BY-SA 3.0.

How Saharan Silver Ants Cope with Torrid Heat of African Desert

Jun 19, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of entomologists from the United States and Switzerland is the first to demonstrate that the Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina)...