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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 4, 2013 12:56:59 GMT
This great photo of Calyptomyrmex comes courtesy of Alex Wild and is an ant found in Uganda in Africa.
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Post by michaelofvancouver on Sept 4, 2013 23:23:07 GMT
Wow! Those bumps on the ants are so cool!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 25, 2013 7:38:26 GMT
This photo of Myrmecocystus mexicanus taken by Clarence Clegg shows workers attacking termite alates. Note the extent a workers gaster can expand to hold liquid food compared to the relatively smaller active workers.
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Post by Black Ant on Sept 25, 2013 8:47:30 GMT
Those repletes must be about 50 times larger than the ordinary workers
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 28, 2013 8:00:22 GMT
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Post by Yanitch on Sept 28, 2013 8:35:18 GMT
There are some great pictures there!
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Post by Driver Ant on Sept 28, 2013 10:38:11 GMT
Yes there are some truly incredible ants out there. Thanks for posting these wood ant.
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Post by Eva on Sept 28, 2013 14:41:57 GMT
I think that Calyptomyrmex and repletes are weirdest ants I have ever seen. I would love to see them with my own eyes
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 2, 2014 8:49:59 GMT
This lovely lady comes from Africa and although she could easily be mistaken for a wasp at first glance, she is of course an ant queen of the species Camponotus fulvopilosus. photo was taken by Sigmund Wischnewsky.
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Post by antaholic on Mar 6, 2014 18:15:49 GMT
Great ant photos posted here.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 7, 2014 9:36:31 GMT
This photo is of a Polyrachis worker (exact species not known) and was taken by a friend of mine Bob Natural. The ant I believe was in the Philippines and have very long curved petiolar spines. As they moved very fast the ant is a bit out of focus as Bob had only a second to snap this shot. Attachments:
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Post by Driver Ant on Mar 7, 2014 13:56:47 GMT
Wow, great looking ant
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 12, 2014 14:00:54 GMT
Two nice photos I found recently. The first is a raiding column of Eciton burchellii (New World Army Ants) and the other is a returning raiding party of Matabele ants (Pachycondyla analis) with their jaws crammed with booty after an attack on another ant or termite colony.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 1, 2014 12:19:34 GMT
This is a species I would love to have, a colony of Camponotus maculatus.
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Post by hedst8 on Apr 1, 2014 14:38:06 GMT
They look like they are quite big. The pictures of ants can be deceiving though.
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