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Fire ants will do anything to resist attack by the tiny phorid fly (Pseudacteon) measuring only about one-sixteenthe of an inch. A highly specific natural enemy, the female pierces a fire ant's head and releases an enzyme that later decapitates it.
Photo by Sanford Porter. Image Number K8575-22
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