When threatened, some species of Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) create a defensive foam from their venom gland. The foam is produced quickly and in impressive quantities, sometimes forming long chains of single bubbles. Here, I provoked the behavior by picking up a worker with forceps.
Koh Kong Province, Cambodia (laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
When threatened, some species of Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) create a defensive foam from their venom gland. The foam is produced quickly and in impressive quantities, sometimes forming long chains of single bubbles. Here, I provoked the behavior by picking up a worker with forceps.
Koh Kong Province, Cambodia (laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Canon EOS 7D |
Original size: 4179x2786 |
Current: 800x534 |
