A predatory wolf spider has caught a male trap-jaw ant in the white sand scrub of central Florida.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
A predatory wolf spider has caught a male trap-jaw ant in the white sand scrub of central Florida.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida.  This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida.  This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida.  This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida.  This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida. This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida.  This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida. This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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