The perpetuation of the insect species and the spread of the fungus are accomplished by the uninfected members of the colony, which are protected from enemies by the fungus body.
By reversing course, not only would taxpayer dollars be used more effectively, America will be properly protected from enemies well into the future.
We should all pay our fair share of taxes but in return should expect our security to be protected from enemies foreign and domestic, our children to be educated to compete in a global economy, the inevitable natural disasters overcome, and our legitimate medical needs met or guaranteed so we can be healthy enough to contribute to our family and society.
The function of domiciles is unknown; like other constructed niches, they may 1) create favorable microenvironments, 2) facilitate feeding, 3) protect from enemies, or a combination.
"Imagine there's a trench running across the stage, you're in it, protected from the enemy by a wall of sandbags.
We're playing the Sector Control Mode, essentially Conquest, with a set of three bases that have to be captured and protected from the enemy.
Recent reports indicate that a wide range of insects are protected from natural enemies via infection with heritable symbionts, yet little is known about natural enemy responses to symbiont-based protection [ 7].
We are told that there is no alternative - to the loss of job security, to diminishing salaries and prolonged working lives, to turning our neighborhoods, our cities and our countries into fenced camps protected from designated enemies - the immigrants, the poor, the culturally, religiously, and ethnically different.
Although the Bornean rhino population is on the brink, it could still rebound on its own, Melnick says, but only if it's protected from its number-one enemy: poachers.
