Trap-Jaw Ant Jumps with Its Legs or Its Mandibles

Sorger observed a type of jumping behavior that had never been previously reported in any Odontomachus species. The new behavior, which Sorger calls a leg-jump, appears to be used primarily, if not exclusively, as an escape mechanism. But it differs from other Odontomachus jumping behavior in that the jumps are powered by the ant’s legs.
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