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6. Keeping cool: Enhanced optical reflection and radiative heat dissipation in Saharan silver ants.

Author

Norman Nan Shi, Cheng-Chia Tsai, Camino, Fernando, Bernard, Gary D., Nanfang Yu, and Wehner, Rüdiger

Subjects
*CATAGLYPHIS, *HAIR, *BLACKBODY radiation, *BODY temperature regulation, *INFRARED radiation, ANT anatomy
Abstract

The article focuses on research on the thermoregulatory effects of triangular hairs on Saharan silver ants which allows them to forage under extreme temperature conditions in the Saharan desert. It states that the ants' silvery appearance is caused by the hairs which enhances the reflectivity of the body surface of the antis in near-infrared and visible range of the spectrum. It mentions the hairs allow the ants to dissipate heat in the mid-infrared using blackbody radiation.

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2015
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