動物界世中之最85

圖片參考：http://www.myrmecos.net/formicinae/PolBre4.JPG

Source http://www.myrmecos.net/formicinae/PolBre4.JPG
Polyergus breviceps (Slave Raiding Ant) :
Polyergus breviceps is an obligate social parasite
on Formica ants. Polyergus queens force their way
into a host nest, kill the host queens, then have the
newly enslaved Formica workers raise the
Polyergus queen's brood. When these brood mature,
the Polyergus workers begin slave raids on
more Formica nests, stealing Formica pupae and
larvae for food and as future slaves.
The Polyergus workers do very, very little
to maintain the nest - their Formica slaves gather
food, maintain the nest on their own.
If the ants relocate the nest, the Polyergus workers
don't even move themselves to the new nest -
the Formica workers carry them!

2009-07-04 16:32:25 補充：
Photos

http://www.tightloop.com/ants/showspecies.php?species_id=48