Anochetus trap-jaw ant Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Trap-Jaw Ants

Several lineages of ants have independently evolved an effective predatory device: spring-loaded mandibles that snap shut on a hair trigger.

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Strumigenys louisianae is a tiny trap-jaw ant that has traveled around the world with human commerce.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Anochetus trap-jaw ant

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

Anochetus paripungens. Although the trap-jaw ant's mandibles are designed for predation, they must also serve domestic duty. Here, a worker ant transports a pupa.

Northern Territory, Australia

Anochetus paripungens, worker trap-jaw ant with pupa.

Northern Territory, Australia

Anochetus paripungens trap-jaw ant. Note the trigger hair projecting forward from the head. When the trigger is touched, this ant's jaws slam shut with an audible snap.

Northern Territory, Australia

Anochetus paripungens

Northern Territory, Australia

Odontomachus turneri, northern trap-jaw ant.

Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia

Myrmoteras iriodum is trap-jaw ant in the subfamily formicinae.

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

Myrmoteras iriodum

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

Anochetus trap-jaw ant

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

Anochetus trap-jaw ant

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

Anochetus trap-jaw ant

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

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Keywords: mandibles ponerinae worker ant tropical ant trap jaw

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