Messor Ant
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Messor Ant
350d efs 60mm and ef-25II iso 100 1/200 f/4 (60 jpg aligned with CombineZM, stacked with Tufuse) two lights , crop approximate 20%
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Last edited by nto on Sun May 25, 2008 12:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Antonio,
I second what Craig said. Love the composition !
//Lars
I second what Craig said. Love the composition !
//Lars
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This ant has a very blunt mandible. I wonder if this is a very old ant. Most ant species send the oldest ant out from the nest for foraging. It has several reason. The experienced ant has more chance to survive. And an old specimen is less loss for the nest if disappear, as the workers have limited life span.
Going back to the blunt mandible, the harvester ants (mainly the soldiers) ground the seeds with their mandible. They make "ant bread" from the seeds.
Going back to the blunt mandible, the harvester ants (mainly the soldiers) ground the seeds with their mandible. They make "ant bread" from the seeds.
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