Comments on: Great to meet you, too. http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/great-to-meet-you-too/ Insects, Photography, Life Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: James C. Trager http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/great-to-meet-you-too/#comment-804 James C. Trager Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:05:56 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=809#comment-804 Another shot right after the Flickr <i>Leptogenys</i> series shows <i>Anoplolepis</i> attacking a cockroach. While the leptos use those big mandibles to handle the body of the prey animal directly, the anoplos go for the legs. Seems there could be a different set of advantages or disadvantages to each method. Leptos have an additional advantage of having a long sting and powerful venom to immobilize their armored, but "clunky" prey, while the anoplos lack a sting and do well to immobilize prey by spread-eagling it before smearing formic acid on it. Another shot right after the Flickr Leptogenys series shows Anoplolepis attacking a cockroach. While the leptos use those big mandibles to handle the body of the prey animal directly, the anoplos go for the legs. Seems there could be a different set of advantages or disadvantages to each method. Leptos have an additional advantage of having a long sting and powerful venom to immobilize their armored, but “clunky” prey, while the anoplos lack a sting and do well to immobilize prey by spread-eagling it before smearing formic acid on it.

]]> By: rangrang http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/great-to-meet-you-too/#comment-799 rangrang Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:10:37 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=809#comment-799 Nice pic.. Thanks for the link. From that I learn about the insect enthusiast groups there, so I rushed to upload my pics there. Cheers. Nice pic.. Thanks for the link. From that I learn about the insect enthusiast groups there, so I rushed to upload my pics there.

Cheers.

]]> By: eheupel http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/great-to-meet-you-too/#comment-798 eheupel Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:41:38 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=809#comment-798 Man those are scimitar like mandibles! But the action shots show they work quite well! Man those are scimitar like mandibles! But the action shots show they work quite well!

]]> By: Aydin http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/great-to-meet-you-too/#comment-797 Aydin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:11 +0000 http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/?p=809#comment-797 I see a heart shape there. Maybe she is saying to the isopod, "I love to eat you". I see a heart shape there. Maybe she is saying to the isopod, “I love to eat you”.

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