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Trio of Matabele ants (Megaponera analis; Formicidae) found at Mikembo sanctuary (DR Congo, January 2013).
Studio work. Focus stack of 94 images (15µm steps), assembled in Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax).
Sony A7RM5 + metabones + Canon MP-E 2.8/65mm at 3.2x; ISO-100, f/4, 1/8sec, 1 diffused daylight LED (Nanlite).
This green ant managed to snag a male Lassioglossum bee that was hanging around a ground-nesting site
These ants roam the same areas that the aphids live in and are on the hunt. They don't want to kill the aphids...simply harvest them!
I spent some time (maybe too much) watching this ant tend to this flower. It seemed like he was going around prying it open. Maybe helping it bloom? He didn't seem to like the camera but kept working nonetheless.
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A blob of nectar on the lip of a Sarracenia pitcher plant is a tempting prospect for an unwary ant...unfortunately, several minutes after filling himself with nectar, he tumbled into the digestive juices at the bottom and was eaten by the plant.
The plant plays a second trick on the ant as well - the nectar is in fact laced with coniine - a drug which causes the insects to become woozy and drunken, and allows them to drop their guard and drop into the pitcher.
Ant climbing a wild sweet pea taken on some wild grassland at the rear of our house. in two months time will be 200 houses.
The ant is about 3mm in length hmm
Accidentally disturbed a small colony of these tiny ants (2-3mm) in a rotting twig, beautiful little ants, but unsure of ID, added a record to iSpot hoping for an ID www.ispotnature.org/node/739829
You see a reflection of my image over the ants.
In this photo collection I have documented a small part of the ants' hard work and the amazing cooperation between the people of this colony.
You can see the rest of the ants pictures in my Instagram account @optical_frame
this ant seemed to be lost on my breakfast table, in the early morning sun. Senggigi, Lombok, Indonesië
My appreciation and thanks to all of you for your comments awards and faves. African Ants roaming the ground at Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda.
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Asian Marauder Ants scurrying by on a rock I wanted to sit on... these ones looked too mean to mess with! They were feeding on tree-sap.
Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because they are unpalatable, or aggressive. Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape predation (protective mimicry). Conversely, some species (e.g. Zodariidae spiders) use their anatomical and behavioral ant mimicry to hunt ants (aggressive mimicry).
Taken with Sony a7, minolta 100mm 2.8 macro and raynox 250