alexwild > Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
alexwild > Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America.  This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
alexwild > Pyramica rostrata workers with larvae in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Pyramica rostrata workers with larvae in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > A nest of the miniature predator Pyramica rostrata in an Illinois forest.  Notice how the ants have enclosed their space by building a circular wall around the colony.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Pyramica rostrata workers with larvae in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Pyramica ohioensis, with larva.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > A nest of the miniature predator Pyramica rostrata in an Illinois forest.  Notice how the ants have enclosed their space by building a circular wall around the colony.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
alexwild > Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
See photo in gallery

Comments

|

New comment:

Name: Email: Link:


To foil spammers, enter this code: copy this text in this box: Code unreadable?



all images and text © Alex Wild 2009

insect pictures, insect images, insect photos, insect photography, ant images, bug pictures, bug photographs, insect identification, ant pictures