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Primitive Stinging Ant

Odontoponera transversa

Description:

found this predatory ant caught in a spiders web (but with no spider in sight)... after a bout of struggling... it manages to break free... drops to the ground and scurries away safely.!

Notes:

Hymenoptera; Formicidae; Ponerinae; Ponerini

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Richard Ong
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Richard Ong

Bukit Mertajam, PNG, Malaysia

Spotted on Nov 2, 2018
Submitted on Aug 9, 2019

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