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Ant. There's a drop of liquid on the tip of her rear.
crematogaster - IDed by mpke
More ants: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/tropical-ants.html
Ant busy at work, taken in the surrounding parklands around Shorncliff Pier, near Sandgate, QLD after a sunrise shoot.
I dropped something behind my fridge and when I moved the fridge to get at it here's what I found, hundreds of red ants!
aaaargh!
Prenolepis imparis, aka,winter ant,on Sweetleaf,12/29/2010,Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah, Chatham Co, Ga.
This 1/8" small surface- foraging ant can be located in temperatures close to freezing ( cooler months) I located it while furthering my research into the mutualistic relationship between the King's Hairstreak butterfly and the ant attending species on larvae, Mid April, Chatham County, Ga. I am identifying ants along the way found on the King's H. host-plant, Sweetleaf, Symplocos tinctoria. I used honey applied to plant surface to cause ant to remain still as I photographed ( not an easy subject)
For the life of me I can't figure out the name of these ants. I just called them honey butt ants.
Peten, Guatemala
Macro set up:
Canon 7D on a tripod with cable release
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
65mm Manual Extension Ring
natural light
1/80s, f/11, ISO 3200,
Myrmecia pilosula. These ants are only about 1cm long but the ferocious look is appropriate. A primitive ant, they both bite and sting, which is said to be attention getting, potentially dangerous and repeated stings over time can lead to an anaphylactic reaction.
I've only seen these twice and photographing them makes me nervous. I'm very careful not to form any sort steadying bridge with my hand and to keep my fingers well back on the camera. I'm sort of hoping their characteristic hopping motion when agitated isn't really a jump but I have taken note that one of their common names is Jumping Jack. I took comfort from the fact that this one had its mandibles fully occupied. Partaking of nothing but nectar and plant juices as an adult, they feed the animals they kill to their larvae.
Ants being the opertunistic creatures they are, doing their best to carry a crisp to their nest. How they got it in I'll never know
Adam Ant and The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse live in concert during the Blueblack Hussar Tour @ The O2 Academy Bristol on the 16th November 2012