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Black ant with golden abdomen. They were in a tree and some red ants were trying to go up but the black ants weren't letting them (photo 4 and 5).
Tropical forest.
Spotted on Dec 13, 2013
Submitted on Apr 26, 2014
10 Comments
Thank you Venusflytrap2000
wow, that gold abdomen is so neat! very nice photographs, congrats and thanks for sharing!
Thank Lauren. I just finished uploading all my Chiapas spottings (260+).
Great shots!
Thank you Rob Thacker
Fantastic find
Thank you Sukanya Datta. I'm sure the story is based on these ants.
Thank you Mark
In his book, Megasthenes, a Greek traveler, wrote about ants that dug for gold in mines in eastern India! I think you found the species; they smuggled the gold out in their abdomens and are living as expats. Jokes aside, I have never seen an ant with golden abdomens. Thanks for posting a wonderful find.
I love ant politics... so simple. Wonderful spotting Luis.