{"id":32440,"date":"2022-01-28T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=32440"},"modified":"2022-01-28T12:24:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:24:52","slug":"ants-panama-masters-damage-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/ants-panama-masters-damage-control\/","title":{"rendered":"These Ants in Panama Are Masters of Damage Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"ArticleHeader__subtitle\">An incident with a slingshot led scientists to a greater understanding of the relationship between the insects and their host trees.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"item-body-text-graf\"><span class=\"section-start-text\">WHILE MANY PEOPLE IN PANAMA<\/span>\u00a0were at home, passing time during the pandemic, five kids were out shooting a clay ball at trees with a slingshot. They wanted to give themselves a challenge, so they were targeting slender cecropia trees in particular. One of the kids was aiming for its broad, flat leaves, but hit the stem instead, leaving a clean, gaping hole, from one side to the other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"item-body-text-graf mob-anchor-medrec\">William Wcislo, an entomologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and father of two of the kids, had been tending to this tree, and was worried that it had suffered irreparable damage. But when he returned later, he was in for a surprise. The holes had been patched up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"item-body-text-graf mob-anchor-medrec\">Closer inspection revealed who was responsible: <em>Azteca alfari<\/em>, small, sand-colored ants known to build nests inside cecropia trees, which are widespread in Central and South America. 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