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Pulling a centipede from its burrow

September 14, 2009 by myrmecos

Photographed this weekend in Dixon Springs, Illinois:

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These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow.

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photo details: Canon mp-e 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 50D
ISO 100, f/11-f/13, 1/250 sec, flash diffused through tracing paper

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Posted in Ants, Nature | Tagged Ants, predation | 5 Comments

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  1. on September 14, 2009 at 9:47 am Roberto Keller

    Fantastic shots!


  2. on September 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm jason

    Spectacular! What a great series of shots–and what a great struggle to witness.


  3. on September 14, 2009 at 1:54 pm James C. Trager

    I wonder if there was an Amblyopone pallipes pulling at the other end??


    • on September 14, 2009 at 2:11 pm Roberto Keller

      lol, great thought James.


  4. on September 16, 2009 at 2:15 pm Adrian Thysse

    That’s a great sequence. Did the centipede attempt to fight back once it had been pulled out?



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