Prehistoric Hell Ant Stuck in Amber Has Been Biting Its Prey For 99 Million Years
10 JANUARY 2021
A long-extinct lineage of insect, known fondly as the hell ant , has been discovered frozen in 99-million-year-old amber, with its scythe-like jaw still pinning its prey.
According to scientists, this fierce predator is a newly identified species of prehistoric ant, known as
Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, and it s the first time we ve ever seen a hell ant actively feeding. Its meal is an extinct relative of the cockroach.
Fossilised behaviour is exceedingly rare, predation especially so, says Phillip Barden, who studies social insect evolution at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
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ORONO Bianca Millan scored 18 of her 24 points in the first half, and the Maine women’s basketball team, playing at home for the first time this season, earned a 77-60 win Saturday over the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Millan also grabbed 12 rebounds, and Anne Simon scored 22 points for the Black Bears (7-1, 4-1 America East).
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