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Paraponera clavata
gigantic ant, one inch, also called 24 hour ant for how long the pain lasts after being stung
pacific coast rainforest
I'm not normally into photographing ants. I think leaf cutter ants are cool but besides that I pretty much hate ants. They are the most numerous insect in the rainforest and have bitten and stung me many, many times. They can be a huge pain in the neck most of the time. I only photographed this ant because it was so huge! Thankfully I have never been stung by a bullet ant.
Su picada es tan dolorosa, que por eso la llaman Hormiga bala. Se siente como si se recibiera un impacto de bala.
It's a bullent ant! Supposed to be the insect with the most painful sting ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraponera
Spotted on Jan 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 6, 2013
