'Headhunter' ants might keep enemy skulls for scent camouflage - Science Magazine

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'Headhunter' ants might keep enemy skulls for scent camouflage Science Magazine Formica archboldi, a small, red ant native to the southeastern United States, has long stumped entomologists with its macabre habit of decorating its nests with the severed heads of larger, predatory trap-jaw ants. Researchers have now discovered that F.