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alexwild > Tetraponera merita Madagascar
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 > 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
alexwild > Tetraponera sp. Madagascar
alexwild > Mystrium mysticum has an unusual caste system. These unusual ants are dimorphic, with a small red caste that appears to work mostly in the brood nest and a larger, dark caste that performs most of the foraging and guarding of the nest. Interestingly, the ants that perform as reproductive queens are drawn from the smaller caste. Madagascar
alexwild > Mystrium oberthueri Madagascar
alexwild > Mystrium oberthueri, posing with a pupa in a laboratory colony. Madagascar
alexwild > The long necks of Adetomyrma larvae provide great flexibility for reaching the tasty innards of prey insects that the adults bring back to the nest. Madagascar; captive lab colony photographed at the California Academy of Sciences
Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
alexwild > Tetraponera merita Madagascar
Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
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