alexwild > Odontomachus clarus, a small red trap-jaw ant native to deserts in the American southwest.  

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alexwild > Pachycondyla apicalis - Panama.

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alexwild > Labidus praedator. Gamboa, Panama.

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alexwild > Labidus praedator. Gamboa, Panama.

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alexwild > Labidus praedator. Gamboa, Panama.

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alexwild > A miniature trap-jaw ant, Strumigenys louisianae.  Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Strumigenys louisianae- miniature trap-jaw ant. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > An Orectognathus trap-jaw ant handles a larva in the brood nest.  This insect belongs to a separate evolutionary radiation of trap-jaw ants from the better-known Odontomachus ants.  

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alexwild > Odontomachus clarus, a desert trap-jaw ant, shows off the trigger hairs of her open trap.  Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA.

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Odontomachus clarus, a small red trap-jaw ant native to deserts in the American southwest.

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alexwild > Odontomachus clarus, a small red trap-jaw ant native to deserts in the American southwest.  

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Odontomachus clarus, a small red trap-jaw ant native to deserts in the American southwest.

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