Ant Lab | Policing - preventing worker ant reproduction @AntLab | Uploaded October 2014 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Workers of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus physically police a nestmate worker who has begun to lay her own eggs. Filmed in high-speed at 600fps. End scene is in real-time, with the reproductive worker (paint marked) receiving and returning aggressive antennal attacks.

By Adrian Smith TWITTER: twitter.com/smadriant

Music: "Nine Inch Nails-2 Ghosts I", sound recording administered by: Audiam / TuneSat (Label) released under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA)