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Golden carpentar ant

Camponotus sericeiventris

Description:

Photo take in the jungle floor this are common ants i have seen many times usually getting nectar from orchids this is not an aggressive ant about 13 mm is one of the largest in the Yucatan Peninsula, very bright golden color really beautiful ant. Golden Spiny Ant??

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5 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Glad for your good fortune. They are wonderful photos.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks yes they are auntnance
I really want to photo this guys and i have luck whit this one

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Aren't they beautiful? I spotted one in Costa Rica recently:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/896...

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Luis i have try many time to take a photo of this ant and they move very fast i have to be very patience whit this one.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 12 years ago

Good close up

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Feb 25, 2012
Submitted on Feb 25, 2012

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