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… and remind them that I can be of great use in gathering other humans to build their fiberglass traps to catch other insects for food.

Yes, fiberglass:

Using a home-made trap, a tiny species of ant is capable of ensnaring prey much larger than itself and tearing it to pieces.

The ants (Allomerus decemarticulatus), which live in Amazonian plants called Hirtella physophora, construct a honeycomb-like structure out of their host plant’s fibres from which they can stage an ambush.

The worker ants hide in the holes of this death trap with their mouths open wide, waiting for locusts, butterflies or other insects to land. When prey arrives they quickly seize its extremities, pulling on legs, arms and antennae until the hostage is rendered immobile. Once trapped, other ants from the colony arrive to sting and bite the prey until it is paralyzed (see video).

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The ants, studied in French Guiana, also farm a certain fungus on their host plant. Researchers believe the fungus is transported from plant to plant by the colony’s queen. The mould is spread on top of the ants’ trap to reinforce its structure, as it hardens into a fibreglass-like material. “The fact that they manipulate fungus to build the trap is also exciting,” says Orivel.