True Facts: Trap Jaw Ants

SUBSCRIBE TO ANTLAB: True Facts T-shirts: CREDITS: Thank you to Dr. Adrian Smith! Most of the footage in this video is from Dr. Smith’s YouTube channel. He has all sorts of wonderful content there, and does a much more thorough job in explaining all of the science behind his work. Thank you to Dr. Alex Wild! Please look at Dr. Wild’s incredible collection of photos: Thank you Dr. Fred Larabee, Josh C. Gibson and DR. Eduardo Fox for their amazing footage. Research: Booher DB, Gibson JC, Liu C, Longino JT, Fisher BL, Janda M, et al. 2021. Functional innovation promotes diversification of form in the evolution of an ultrafast trap-jaw mechanism in ants. PLoS Biol 19(3): e3001031. FOX, ., SMITH, A.A., GIBSON, J.C. & SOLIS, D.R. 2017: Larvae of trap-jaw ants, Odontomachus LATREILLE, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): morphology and biological notes. – Myrmecological