Muscleman Tree Ant

March 16, 2010 by myrmecos

Podomyrma sp.
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS D60
ISO 100, f13, 1/200 sec, flash diffused through tracing paper

Posted in Ants, Australia, Nature | Tagged Ants, Photography | 5 Comments

on March 16, 2010 at 8:56 pm MrILoveTheAnts

I would like to see one fight a Lasius latipes queen.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/29187/bgimage
on March 16, 2010 at 10:20 pm Marvin

Great shot.
on March 17, 2010 at 9:47 am Joshua King

I call steroids. What kind of an example is that for the next generation of ants? Disgusting!
- on March 17, 2010 at 1:49 pm myrmecos
  
  I hadn’t thought about it before, but perhaps that’s why the worker caste is sterile…
on March 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm Pete Yeeles

A local, very nice.

More Aussie ants please Alex!