alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax

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alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax queen and worker. Notice that the queen has a larger, more complex thorax.  She begins her adult life with wings for dispersal, so she bears all the sclerites and musculature associated with flight.  The flightless workers have a simpler anatomy.

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alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax adults, pupae, and larvae.  Ants darken as they age, so the different colors of the adults in this photo indicates time since eclosion.

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alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax

Venezuela
alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax adults, pupae, and larvae.  Ants darken as they age, so the different colors of the adults in this photo indicates time since eclosion.

Venezuela
alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax

Venezuela
alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax queen and worker. Notice that the queen has a larger, more complex thorax.  She begins her adult life with wings for dispersal, so she bears all the sclerites and musculature associated with flight.  The flightless workers have a simpler anatomy.

Venezuela
alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax

Venezuela
Gnamptogenys mordax

Venezuela
alexwild > Gnamptogenys mordax

Venezuela
Gnamptogenys mordax

Venezuela
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