alexwild > Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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alexwild > Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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alexwild > Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasps for Bemisia tabaci whitefly.  Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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alexwild > Nomamyrmex esenbeckii, carrying a larva.  The bright red color indicates a relatively young age for this worker. Gamboa, Panama.

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alexwild > Army ant colonies typically contain workers of many sizes, each specialized for a different task.  Here a Nomamyrmex esenbeckii worker stands guard over a passing column. Gamboa, Panama.

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alexwild > Nomamyrmex esenbeckii, the most-heavily armored of the army ants.  Gamboa, Panama.

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alexwild > Odontomachus coquereli. Madagascar.

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alexwild > The partially-closed mandibles of an Odontomachus coquereli trap-jaw ant.  When the trap is set, the mandibles are held open at about 180º.  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.

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alexwild > Caught!  A small cricket has fallen prey to the formidable jaws of an Odontomachus coquereli ant.  Madagascar.

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Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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alexwild > Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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