Ants (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Ants

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Researchers at the Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory of HKU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) use a novel approach to attempt counting every ant on Earth. This global ant census estimates that there are at least twenty quadrillion ants dominating the global ecosystems. The ant highlighted above is Gesomyrmex howardi, a rare known arboreal ant from the Oriental subtropics.

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François BRASSARD

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