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  <dc:contributor>Jennifer Wilson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Susan Mopper</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Jacoby Carter</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2021</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Herein we provide direct evidence for the consumption of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pomacea maculata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(Giant Applesnail) eggs by ants in the genus&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Crematogaster&lt;/i&gt;. The observations were made during removal of snail egg masses at the Hudson Woods Unit of the Texas Mid-Coast National Wildlife Refuge, TX. We observed acrobat ants (&lt;i&gt;Crematogaster&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sp.) removing snail eggs from an egg mass and carrying eggs back to their nest. While predation on&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pomacea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;applesnail eggs has been reported elsewhere, to our knowledge this is the first time that it has been observed in North America.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Eagle Hill Publications</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Observations of acrobat ants (Crematogaster sp.) preying on the eggs of the invasive giant applesnail (Pomacea maculata)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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