As they build a nest, the insects will gather tree resin ... The fluid can be weaponized to take down other insects, like wood-boring beetles, one of the most destructive vermin in spruce forests.

Ingo Arndt (Germany) documents the efficient dismemberment of a blue ground beetle by red wood ants. “Full of ant” is how Ingo described himself after lying next to the ants’ nest for just a few ...