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1 Species ID Suggestions

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago
Cephalotes Ant
Cephalotes Atratus Cephalotes


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3 Comments

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago

it's a nice spotting - you also might find this one helpful to identify - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/645...

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago

i rather say this is some sort of Cephalotes Species - this ants have special workers with flat heads and the task to close and open the entrances to their hive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalotes

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

This looks like a species of Spiny Ant. It is very interesting (I never knew spiny ants existed before this!). It's possible that it's Genus is Polyrhachis.
You can compare it to these.
http://web.mac.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/For...

NoriethAlejandra
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NoriethAlejandra

Mitú, Vaupés, Colombia

Spotted on Jun 20, 2012
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012

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