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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: http://www.alexanderwild.com

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 trapjaw mechanism in ants. PLoS Biol 19(3): e3001031. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio....

FOX, E.G.P., SMITH, A.A., GIBSON, J.C. & SOLIS, D.R. 2017: Larvae of trapjaw ants, Odontomachus LATREILLE, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): morphology and biological notes. – Myrmecological News 25: 1728.

Larabee, Fredrick J. and Suarez, Andrew V. 2014. "The evolution and functional morphology of trapjaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecological News 20: 25– 36.

Larabee FJ, Suarez AV 2015. MandiblePowered Escape Jumps in TrapJaw Ants Increase Survival Rates during PredatorPrey Encounters. PLOS ONE 10(5): e0124871.

Larabee, Fredrick J., Smith, Adrian A. and Suarez, Andrew V. 2018. Snapjaw morphology is specialized for highspeed power amplification in the Dracula ant, Mystrium camillae R. Soc. Open Sci 5: 181447

Smith, A.A. 2019. Prey specialization and chemical mimicry between Formica archboldi and Odontomachus ants. Insect. Soc. 66, 211–222.