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    Paraponera clavata, commonly known as the bullet ant, is a species of ant named for its extremely painful sting. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests...
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    species: the extant Paraponera clavata, also known as a bullet ant, found in the Neotropics, and the very small fossil species Paraponera dieteri known from...
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    most painful stings; in the original paper, only the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata, was given a rating of 4. Later revised versions of the index added...
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    giant Amazonian ants. These ants are generally less well known than Paraponera clavata, the bullet ant, yet Dinoponera females may surpass 3–4 cm (1.2–1...
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    Poneratoxin is a paralyzing neurotoxic peptide made by the bullet ant Paraponera clavata. It prevents inactivation of voltage gated sodium channels and therefore...
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    Borgmeier in 1958. This species is a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (commonly known as the bullet ant) and uses both visual and chemical...
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    For example, the caterpillar chemical extracts are unpalatable to Paraponera clavata ants. The adult butterfly feeds mainly on the nectar of the flowers...
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    species this researcher rated as having a more painful sting were the Paraponera clavata (bullet ant), Synoeca septentrionalis (warrior wasp), and Pepsis spp...
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  • Captain Dojima injects the DNA and transforms into a bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) with the power to lift one hundred times his own weight and kills...
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    causes severe pain but is still not life-threatening. The bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) injects a venom which contains a neurotoxin named poneratoxin which...
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    differences in nectar volume and concentration in the giant tropical ant,Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 9 (5): 659–672...
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  • Phytochemical(s) Substance effect class Regions/Cultures of use Bullet ant venom Paraponera clavata Secretion: Poneratoxin Deliriant The Satere-Mawe people use bullet...
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    longicornis), carpenter ant (Campontus pennsylvanicus), the bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), and the fire ant (Solenopsis geminata). In Ant-Man, they used the...
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  • Florida harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex badius) 4.0 Tarantula hawk (Pepsis grossa), Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), Warrior wasp (Synoeca septentrionalis)...
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  • BUGS 2 mission and Michelle's father. His powers were based on the Paraponera clavata, an ant so ferocious that even Army Ants will steer clear of its path...
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    annulata), eels (family Anguillidae), various species of killifish, and Paraponera clavata (bullet ants).[citation needed] Predators outside the cane toad's...
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  • have toxic venom and are of medical importance. The species include Paraponera clavata (tocandira) and Dinoponera spp. (false tocandiras) of South America...
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    M. D.; Bennett, B. (1985). "Mass recruitment to nectar sources in Paraponera clavata: A field study". Insectes Sociaux. 32 (2): 198–208. doi:10.1007/BF02224233...
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  • genus Paraponera. This genus has two species, one of which was found in Dominican amber from the Miocene. The extant species, Paraponera clavata, is found...
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    the painfulness of its sting, falling short of only the bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), the warrior wasp (Synoeca septentrionalis), and the tarantula hawk...
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    Microcerotermes arboreus nesting in a gallery on a branch. Bullet ants (Paraponera clavata) have been found to nest at the base of S. amara trees. The Hemiptera...
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  • 1071/IS02046. "Species: †Paraponera dieteri". AntWeb. Retrieved 30 August 2015. Baroni Urbani, C. (1994). "The identity of the Dominican Paraponera (Amber Collection...
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  • Rica This was a response to predatory threats, as worker ants of Paraponera clavata were observed carrying larvae to their nest. As the common name suggests...
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  • Myself"   2:29 3. "Escape from Jail"   1:51 4. "Ant 247"   1:13 5. "Paraponera Clavata"   1:24 6. "San Francisco, 1987"   2:37 7. "I'll Call Him Antony"...
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  • Paraponera clavata in La Selva...
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    excavated by other animals (beetle galleries or nests of the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata). They are distributed from about 10 degrees north to 15 degrees south...
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    caterpillars: Ectatomma tuberculatum, Pheidole sp., Megalomyrmex balzani, and Paraponera clavata. Adult butterflies exhibited kleptoparasitism by taking fluids from...
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  • quati tu Nectarina lecheguana enxu bɨbɨtsu Odontomachus chelifer, Paraponera clavata tocandira uruçeçu Oenocarpus bacaba bacaba uru Oenocarpus bataua patauá...
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