David couldn't bring down Goliath: museum specimen reveals a failed predation attempt by fire ants (Solenopsis Westwood, 1840) upon a large hawk moth Eumorpha phorbas (Cramer, 1775)

Insights into insect predatory behaviour can be inferred indirectly from specimens housed in Natural History Collections. In this work, we document a unique interaction, never recorded before, involving the remains of a Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 ant worker —probably S. saevissima (Smith, 1855)— whos...

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Main Authors: Adrián Sánchez Albert, Alain Dejean, Mercedes París
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2025-01-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
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Online Access:https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/142671/download/pdf/
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