Turn about:
Trypoxylon as prey
Trypoxylon politum

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   Greedy fire ants cover this injured Blue Devil and finish her off. In an hour, there will only be the husk of her body.    This Blue Devil is caught in a spider web. The spider is careful to stay at the head end. Who will eat whom?

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Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) invading nest to eat the brood.
How can anything withstand the continous onslaught?

Trypoxylon larvae: her babies
Trypoxylon pupae:  her adolescents
Trypoxylon prey:   found in nest

Trypoxylon gathering mud

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