Production year
2007
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Fourmis, "Cerapachys biroi", originaires de l'archipel de Ryoukyous (Japon) et de l'île de Taïwan. Ces colonies de fourmis n'ont pas de reine, et chaque ouvrière se reproduit sans fécondation grâce à la parthénogénèse thélytoque. Elles se nourrissent de couvains de fourmis d'autres espèces, comme ici des nymphes d'"Aphaenogaster". Pour cela elles mènent des raids sous-terrains afin d'aller piller les colonies voisines.
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2007
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