Seasonal-foraging
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Camponotus planatus
compact carpenter ant, short carpenter ant
Camponotus planatus is a Neotropical carpenter ant species characterized by polygynous colony structure—one of only three Camponotus species known to maintain multiple queens per colony. The species exhibits a distinctive compact body form and has been documented as an invasive species spreading in Florida and Texas. Workers display kin discrimination based on matrilineal relatedness, with division of labor organized along queen lineages within colonies. The species serves as a model for Batesian and Wassmanian mimicry by multiple arthropod species, and has been observed tending the endangered Miami blue butterfly caterpillar in Florida.
Euhadenoecus insolitus
McCluney Cave Cricket, Highland Rim Crevice Cricket
Euhadenoecus insolitus is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae, described by Hubbell in 1978. Populations exhibit flexible reproductive strategies, with some reproducing sexually and others through parthenogenesis. The species regularly forages outside cave habitats during warmer months but remains cave-bound in winter.