The rainforests of Brazil and Costa Rica can be rough, but one very smart fly has figured out how to gain an advantage in the quest for food – it decapitates ants.

The rainforests of Brazil and Costa Rica can be rough, but one very smart fly has figured out how to gain an advantage in the quest for food – it decapitates ants.

Ants are pretty greedy beasts when it comes to claiming the edible tidbits that exists on the forest floor.

They’re also known to fight one another to the death over the scraps they find, resulting in a lot of debilitating injuries among them.

The female of one phorid fly species has figured how to use this to her benefit.

Beheading isn’t something she rushes into, however. The flies are a fraction of the size of the specific ant they target, so caution must be exercised.

Upon detecting that there is a compromised ant in her midst she investigates the situation, performing a number of checks that will indicate how incapacitated it really is.

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