alexwild > Onychomyrmex hedleyi

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Amblyopone australis dracula ants are subterranean predators.  Here they are seen attacking a moth larva.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > Amblyopone australis

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > Mystrium oberthueri

Madagascar
alexwild > An undescribed Amblyopone dracula ant species from Madagascar. A large portion of the world's ant fauna remains undocumented, especially in the tropics.

Madagascar
alexwild > Amblyopone pallipes dracula ant worker with larvae.  This species is the most common and widespread of the North American Amblyopone.

South Bristol, New York, USA
alexwild > Ouch! A dracula ant (Amblyopone oregonensis) sinks her sting deep into the head capsule of a centipede. 

Quincy, California, USA
alexwild > Inside the brood nest of the specialist centipede predator Amblyopone oregonensis.  Note the larvae feeding on a centipede carcass at left.

Quincy, California, USA
alexwild > Adetomyrma sp. "mad-01", an undescribed species of dracula ant.  The world has so many species of insects, and so few taxonomists, that finding new ones is almost trivial, especially in tropical regions.

Madagascar; captive lab colony photographed at the California Academy of Sciences
Onychomyrmex hedleyi

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Onychomyrmex hedleyi

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Onychomyrmex hedleyi

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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