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Cette espece de fourmi édifie dans la terre des colonies polygynes (plusieurs reines) de 500 à 3000 individus. Tres commune dans la région méditerranéenne, en particulier dans les milieux boisés de Provence calcaire. (Ici Evenos)
This species of ant builds polygynous colonies (several queens) of 500 to 3000 individuals in the ground. Very common in the Mediterranean region, particularly in the wooded areas of limestone Provence. (Here Evenos)
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Dont be afraid !
A worker Carpenter Ant towers over her large herd of tiny aphid 'cows'. With eyes positioned on top of her head, she cannot see what is taking place beneath her jaws, so she must rely on her senses of touch and smell. Delicate, sensitive mouthparts for collecting tiny drops of honeydew are hidden behind those massive jaws.
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Genus Lasius
No Taxon (Subgenus Acanthomyops)
Species interjectus (Lasius interjectus)
Fazenda Grotão - DF, Brazil.
This is a small Camponotus worker found in South America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus Mayr, 1861
Species: C. latangulus Roger, 1863
Binomial name: Camponotus latangulus
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
TENTATIVE
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Camponotini
Genus Camponotus (Carpenter Ants)
February 27, 2022; Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida; found on the hallway wall inside my home. She was passive and easy to collect. I observed her for the afternoon until she expired. I had read an essay by E.O. Wilson where he described that as ants aged, they were given more risky duties outside the nest such as foraging and defense. When they reached full senescence, they would leave the nest completely to die. I wonder if this was an example.
Canon M6M2; Tak 105mm f/2.8 relay lens; 3.7x objective; Zerene Stacker.
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Altiplano Leste - Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
Another small Camponotus worker found in South America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus Mayr, 1861
Species: C. rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)
Binomial name: Camponotus rufipes
Here's a *very* ambitious red wood ant (Formica rufa) on top of a tansy (Tanacetum vulgare).
She has come across a bee beetle (Trichuis fasciatus), gorging itself on pollen and decided that it was exactly what she needed to bring home to the ant hill that day.
The bee beetle wasn't very impressed though and when the ant bit down on a leg, the beetle began shaking it, giving the ant the full rodeo experience.
Miss Ant didn't give up that easily though. She tried three more legs and was subesquently given three more rides before calling it quits and finally leaving the beetle alone.
GX80 mit Olympus 60 mm Makro + Raynox 250 + Kenko 16 mm Zwischenring - Post-Focus Stack - LED Licht
Fundort: Deutschland - OWL - Bielefeld, auf meiner Natursteinmauer - 21.02.2017
The ant was enjoying mango in an urban park. This ant belongs to the subfamily- Formicinae and Tribe- Plagiolepidini.
My favourite ant species!
Dinomyrmex gigas - or giant forest ant - is a large species of ant, native to Southeast Asian forests. It is one of the largest ants in existence, measuring in at 20.9 mm (0.82 in) for normal workers, and 28.1 mm (1.11 in) for the soldiers. Honeydew makes up 90% of their diet, but they will also consume insects and bird droppings. The ant is an effective forager, utilizing both efficient communication and recruitment. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinomyrmex
Here's a *very* ambitious red wood ant (Formica rufa) on top of a tansy (Tanacetum vulgare).
She has come across a bee beetle (Trichuis fasciatus), gorging itself on pollen and decided that it was exactly what she needed to bring home to the ant hill that day.
The bee beetle wasn't very impressed though and when the ant bit down on a leg, the beetle began shaking it, giving the ant the full rodeo experience.
Miss Ant didn't give up that easily though. This is from the second of a total of four rides she took at this attraction before calling it quits and finally leaving the beetle alone.
A shot of the first attempt she made can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52263405305/
Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Contact me on jono_dashper@hotmail.com for use of this image.
.......Tacuru Ant.........Formiga-de-cupim~~~~~HORMIGA TACURÚ~~~~ (Camponotus punctulatus Mayr, 1868 ) . Familia: Formicidae (Formícidos) . Estos enormes hormigueros ,llamados localmente : "tacurúes", son notablemente duros,logran soportar el peso de dos personas paradas en la punta...Llegan a tener 1,70 metros de altura.Los árboles arraigan sobre ellos.Este insecto modifica la vegetación al extraer de las profundidades tierra con carbonato de calcio y llevarlo a la superficie.Abundan en campos en los que se cultivó anteriormente arroz. Son muy útiles para pequeños animales porque sobre ellos logran sobrevivir en las grandes inundaciones ,y reconquistan su anterior territorio rapidamente,una vez que las aguas se retiran,así que estas hormigas son la versión animal de Noé y su arca. Viven en las provincias del nordeste argentino, el extremo noroeste de Uruguay,gran parte del Paraguay, y los estados del sur del Brasil. ................................. Las hormigas del género Camponotus comprenden un grupo ecológico diverso, desde las conocidas "hormigas madereras" o "carpinteras", hasta algunas que consumen miel y algunas tejedoras. Están distribuidas prácticamente en todas las regiones del mundo donde hay hormigas, aunque hay mayor cantidad de especies en la región Neotropical, en especial en Norteamérica. Característicamente, en la vista de lado se observa que el tórax tiene forma de arco convexo. El pedicelo que poseen entre el tórax y el abdomen tiene un solo segmento o "nodo". Su cintura es pequeña. Sus antenas se doblan en un codo. Las obreras son relativamente grandes, de color por lo general negro, con tintes amarronados, muchas veces con partes marrones, rojizas o casi doradas. Las reproductivas en cambio suelen ser completamente negras. Las obreras suelen tener la cabeza grande y el tórax pequeño, mientras que las aladas suelen tener la cabeza pequeña y el tórax grande. En las reproductivas (aladas), las alas de adelante son más grandes que las de atrás, las alas son de color transparente o amarronado, y no son fáciles de arrancar.Los huevos son de color crema y de forma ovalada. Las larvas no tienen patas y tienen aspecto de gusano. Las pupas tienen aspecto de cocón firme de color tostado sedoso, erróneamente las pupas suelen ser confundidas con huevos. La estructura de la colonia comprende:
Reinas: Hembras reproductivas. Tuvieron alas pero ya fueron fecundadas y se las arrancaron para formar su propia colonia, son las únicas que se reproducen dentro de la colonia una vez establecida, su única función es la de poner huevos y ser alimentadas por las obreras con las que se intercambian hormonas por trofalaxis.
Princesas: Hembras aladas con potencial para reproducirse pero aún no fecundadas, nacidas en la colonia.
Zánganos: Machos alados, son bastante más pequeños que las hembras. Su únca función será fecundar a las hembras aladas durante el vuelo nupcial, luego de lo cual morirán fuera del nido.
Obreras: Hembras estériles nacidas en la colonia, representan la mayor cantidad de individuos en cada colonia. Las obreras están distribuidas en castas de diferentes tamaños (en algunas especies hay tanta variabilidad en el tamaño de las obreras que es difícil determinar dónde termina una casta y empieza la siguiente). Normalmente las castas de mayor tamaño (Soldados) se ocupan en mayor medida de la defensa, y las de menor tamaño se ocupan del nido y las juveniles............................................................................................................................................. Las princesas y los zánganos salen hacia el vuelo nupcial normalmente a principios de verano, en un día diáfano y sin viento. Es asombroso cómo las aladas de hormigueros a veces muy distantes, salen hacia el vuelo nupcial en el mismo día del año. Durante el vuelo nupcial ocurre la cópula, luego de lo cual aterrizan en el piso. Los machos mueren poco después a la intemperie. Las hembras, que fueron fecundadas de por vida, se arrancan las alas y buscan un lugar donde hacer su nido. Luego de nidificar ponen sus primeros huevos, que serán atendidos por la misma reina hasta que muden a los estadios de larva, pupa y finalmente obreras. Las primeras obreras de la colonia son sumamente pequeñas, en inglés se las llama "callow" (la traducción al castellano es "inmaduras", aunque no son inmaduras en realidad, sólo recibieron poco alimento). Estas primeras obreras salen por primera vez del nido y buscan el alimento para alimentarse a sí mismas, para alimentar a la reina, y para alimentar a los nuevos estadios juveniles. Las obreras regurgitan la comida y se la pasan a las demás hormigas de la misma colonia por trofalaxis. También estas primeras obreras excavan las primeras galerías del nido y atienden a los juveniles de la segunda generación. A esta altura la reina sólo se ocupará de poner huevos, actividad de la que se ocupará por el resto de su vida. Las obreras nacidas posteriormente tienen en promedio un tamaño más grande que las "callows", y aunque el polimorfismo para el tamaño es muy marcado en este género, el tamaño de las obreras y la cantidad de individuos de una colonia suele ser indicador de la cantidad de alimento y la baja competencia que hay en los alrededores. Unos años después, si no hay estrés por falta de alimento, la colonia produce sus primeras aladas machos y hembras, constituyéndose en los zánganos y las princesas que darán origen a la generación siguiente de colonias.
.......................................Esquina,Corrientes, ARGENTINA.
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Localisation : 50°16'1.73"N 5°54'17.94"E
Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Infrakingdom Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
Superphylum Panarthropoda
Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
Subphylum Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
Infraphylum Atelocerata
Superclass Panhexapoda
Epiclass Hexapoda
Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
Subclass Dicondylia
Infraclass Pterygota
Division Neoptera
Subdivision Endopterygota
Superorder Hymenopterida
Order Hymenoptera™ C. Linnaeus, 1758 - ants, bees, and wasps
Suborder Apocrita
Series Aculeata
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Formicidae - ants
Subfamily Formicinae™
Genus Formica™ C. Linnaeus, 1758
Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
Here is one of the first shots taken after upgrading from the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro to a new (ok, second-hand - but in mint condition) Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
A red wood ant (Formica rufa) dragging along a rustic wolf spider (Trochosa ruricola) back to the ant hill.
What I think has happened is that the spider was either killed or possibly paralyzed by a spider wasp of some sort and then the ant stumbled upon it and claimed it for herself.
Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48014972283/
Pt. 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48906462162/
At first glance, this black garden ant (Lasius niger), might be an odd choice for an "Easter" shot - but the flower it is standing on is a daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) - a species whose Swedish name is "påsklilja" which translates into "Easter lily" so it is decidedly associated with Easter for Swedes.
The flower known as Easter lily in English (Lilium longiflorum) has a name meaning "trumpet lily" here. Go figure.
Here is another scene from the same thistle I posted a couple of days ago where a crab spider was eating a hoverfly.
This is a click beetle known as Prosternon tessellatum which appears to have angered a bunch of black garden ants (Lasius niger) or similar species.
There was no further confrontation than this though, the beetle turned around and went the other way.
A beautiful little citronella ant, Lasius claviger captured busily moving along a stalk.
In the background could be a winged swarmer. Both have the characteristic bent antennae of ants.
These yellow ants emit a lemon-like scent when they feel threatened, hence the common name. They survive on the honeydew excreted by aphids and make their nests in gardens, in lawns and around house footings.
The little worker is around 4 mm in length. An adult female.
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At my mom's summer house I noticed something larger than just an ant running around and when investigating, it turned out to still be an ant - but one that brought lunch!
This is a red wood ant (Formica rufa) who have caught - or simply found - some sort of hoverfly and was carrying it back to the nest.
The ant was in a hurry so I was struggling a bit to keep them in focus while panning along the ground to shoot it, but ended up with a couple of useable shots in the end.
The Hercules carpenter ant (Camponotus heculeanus) is the largest ant species in Europe and are black and red in colour.
The eagle-eyed no doubt notice that any red parts are completely missing here. That is because this one is a male which are completely black instead.
Zooming in on this one, you'll notice a really neat swirly pattern in the black exoskeleton.
This one has just been on his both first and last date and if he was lucky, he was the one that mated with a new queen who hopefully will get to start a new colony.
This guy has already fulfilled his purpose and will die soon though.
There is a small possibility that this instead is a brown-black carpenter ant (C. ligniperda) as they look quite similar - but this one was found as far north as Härnösand, Sweden, which is a bit north of the normal distribution of that species so I'm leaning towards C. herculeanus.
For a shot at less magnification ("just" 2.4:1 instead of the 3.9:1 here) which shows the entire ant, please have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52458743125/
Two red wood ants (Formica rufa) which have captured some sort of green caterpillar (no idea on species).
This is actually not the correct angle. I found these two on a concrete wall and they seemed to struggle with carrying it upwards (though ants usually seem to be strong enough to carry anything).
They wouldn't be ants if they didn't have a bunch of buddies so a third one joined them and promptly carried it up. Since most people watch the shots in landscape orientaition, I rotated it 90 degrees and ended up with this.
Giant forest ant (soldier, Dinomyrmex gigas) from Sumatra (Jambi, March 2021).
Studio work with a dry collection specimen. Focus stack of 136 images; assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax).
Sony A7RM5, FE 2.8/90 Macro G OSS; ISO-100, f/6.3, 1/2sec, -0.7step, diffused daylight LED.
Ant Mimicking Crab Spider (Amyciaea sp.) preying on Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina). West Papua, Indonesia (New Guinea).
Mimicry is often lauded as a defensive adaptation, with the classic examples being where an edible species looks like a toxic one. However, sometimes mimicry follows a more sinister path, such where a predator resembles its prey. In “aggressive mimicry”, the predator is mistaken by the prey for one of its own, and hence brought into close proximity with its defenses down. Here, one of the world’s largest ants, a Bornean Giant Forest Ant (Dinomyrmex gigas borneensis) has been subdued by its doppelganger: an Ant-hunting Spider (Mallinella sp.). The spider’s appearance mirrors the ant almost perfectly in both size and coloration. This deception fools not only the ants themselves, but probably also larger predators that would otherwise not hesitate to make a snack of the spider. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
Here is one of the first shots I took after upgrading to the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens back in early 2019. I used to shoot using the older, non-L 100mm and I've been very happy with the upgrade - even if I don't use the image stabilization at all.
A trio of red wood ants (Formica rufa) helping each other drag what I believe is the remains of a leopard slug (Limax maximus), presumably back to the nest.
Part 1 here where they have enlisted a fourth ant: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48115306022/
About a meter from these four, I found another ant dragging a paralyzed spider back to the ant hill: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48014972283/
Body length: approx. 8 mm
Lens: Laowa 25mm 2.5x-5x @ 5x @ f4
Number of shots: 124 @ 30um stepsize using an MJKZZ Qool Rail 250
Illumination: DIY lighting tunnel (360 x SMD led type 2216 + diffuser) + DIY lighting tunnel controller
Edit: Helicon focus, Photoshop CC, Lightroom C
Scene: Staged
Camponotus contractus, emerging from ocrea of rattan palm (Korthalsia cheb). Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
The carpenter ant was drinking secretions from the extrafloral nectaries situated on the outer edges of the sepal of Passiflora vitifolia flower.
In focus is a female carpenter ant, with a couple of her family peeking out from the tiny hole behind.
Camponotus is a large genus of ants.
Around 10 mm body length.
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This is a Formica (Serviformica) ant of some sort that I came acrss when trying out the MP-E65mm lens.
I am really pleased with how the details on the ant's eye turned out here.
Lens: Nikon CFI Plan Achromat 10x NA 0.25 on Raynox DCR 150 used as a tube lens
Number of shots: 293 @ 5um stepsize using an MJKZZ Qool Rail 250
Illumination: DIY lighting tunnel (504 x SMD led type 2216 + double layer diffuser) + LED Background illumination with color gel, DIY lighting tunnel LED controller
Edit: Helicon focus, Photoshop CC, Luminair 4, Lightroom C
Scene: Staged