Frass
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Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.
Bedstraw hawk-moth caterpillar leaving the frass behind
Typical sculpting of a frass pellet of a large caterpillar
A thistle tortoise beetle larva carrying a mass of its own frass as a repugnatorial defence.
Lepidopteran larva frass after soaking in water
Carpenter ant
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Carpenter ants are a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae found nearly worldwide except in Antarctica and a few islands. This genus is the most species-rich genus of ants in terms of described sp
Frass
…its fungal partner Amylostereum areolatum, and more. In a significantly different sense the term "frass" also may refer to excavated wood shavings that carpenter ants, carpenter bees and other insects with similar wood-boring habits eject from their galleries during the tunneling process. Such material differs from…
Carpenter ant Tanzania crop
Carpenter ant cleaning antennae
A major worker of Camponotus spp.
Carpenter ants in a tree