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Bullet Ant - Hormiga Bala - Folofa

Paraponera clavata

Description:

Ants are primitive traits and behaviors. The workers are between 22 and 28 mm in length and queens are somewhat larger.

Habitat:

The colony consists of several hundred individuals and usually roam the tree trunks and dead vegetation in small groups.

Notes:

The pain of his bite is 30 times that of a bee or wasp, and those who have suffered this sting say the analogy of it with the shot of a bullet.

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DinDjarin
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DinDjarin

Panamá, Panama

Spotted on Nov 17, 2013
Submitted on Nov 17, 2013

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