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Odontomachus coquereli Madagascar
Odontomachus coquereli Madagascar
Odontomachus coquereli Madagascar
Odontomachus coquereli. Notice the tiny mites riding on this ant's mandibles. The mites are apparently able to hold tight even when the jaws of their host slam shut at high speed. Madagascar
Sensitive trigger hairs of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus coquereli protrude forward from the base of the mandibles. Madagascar
Caught! A small cricket is impaled on the mandibles of a malagasy trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus coquereli. Madagascar
Caught! A small cricket is impaled on the mandibles of a malagasy trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus coquereli. Madagascar
Caught! A small cricket is impaled on the mandibles of a malagasy trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus coquereli. Madagascar
Odontomachus coquereli. Notice the tiny mites riding on this ant's mandibles. The mites are apparently able to hold tight even when the jaws of their host slam shut at high speed. Madagascar
Caught! A small cricket is impaled on the mandibles of a malagasy trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus coquereli.

Madagascar
Caught! A small cricket is impaled on the mandibles of a malagasy trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus coquereli. Madagascar
Caught! A small cricket is impaled on the mandibles of a malagasy trap-jaw ant, Odontomachus coquereli.

Madagascar
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