New ant species plunders other ants’ farms

Some newly discovered ants aren’t exactly vandals sacking Rome, but they pillage valuable real estate nonetheless.

A raider ant (topmost) grapples with a burly farmer for rights to the gray fungus. Adams

The new species, in the genus Megalomyrmex, specializes in raiding the nest gardens of fungus-cultivating ants, say Rachelle M.M.