- Ants of Southern Africa -

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The Ant Colony Ants belong to the order of insects known as Hymenoptera, that also includes sawflies, bees and wasps. Some bees and w...

Ant Anatomy Every scientific discipline loves its jargon, and entomology is no different. We’ve tried to keep the language simple in this w...

1. See our comprehensive Catalogue of all the species which have appeared on iSpot , with illustrations and/or links to pics of more ...

Myrmecochory (literally ‘ant borne’) is a process whereby certain plants ensure the survival of their species after a fire. The seeds or fru...

A selection of the huge range of fynbos plant species that rely upon ants for effective distribution of their seeds ... we’ll add to these f...

Ever since Eugene Marais wrote ‘The Soul of the White Ant’, public perception has lumped ants and termites together as sharing some kind of ...