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Trap jaw ants

Odontomachus sp.

Description:

Dark red ant with a big head and mandibles. About 12 mm long. Genus Dorylus

Habitat:

Semi tropical.

6 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren for the correct ID and link.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Hi Luis. Love these ants. We have an Odontomachus Trap-Jaw in San Cristobal, small one, and I found a ground nest once, it seemed to be small and they were drying some pupae on the surface. I see them out hunting, solitary. I don't know which one it is yet. Yours is definitely not Odontomachus rixosus which only occurs in southeast asia (http://www.antweb.org/description.do?gen...). Yours might be Odontomachus brunneus (http://www.antweb.org/description.do?nam...), but I am not sure and it would be better to put only Odontomachus sp. for the ID.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thanks gbsreika for the ID and link

gbsreika
gbsreika 10 years ago

This is not a driver ant.. its a Trap jaw ant.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you andrewf1 for the ID

andrewf1
andrewf1 11 years ago

I think it belongs to the genus Dorylus, also known as driver ants.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 23, 2012
Submitted on Mar 4, 2013

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