Messor Ant

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nto
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Messor Ant

Post by nto »

:D

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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Antonio

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Post by augusthouse »

This is a great image Antonio.

The lighting, the background and composition are superb. The subject is well defined and positioned beautifully.

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Post by LSRasmussen »

Antonio,

I second what Craig said. Love the composition !

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Post by beetleman »

A wonderfully beautiful photo Antonio. Excellent everything :wink:
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Post by Planapo »

Lovely photograph, Antonio! I agree with all the others.

Just one thing about your title: Carpenter ants are ants of the formicine genus Camponotus.
However, your picture does not show a Camponotus sp. , but a harvester ant of the genus Messor.

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Post by acerola »

Betty was quicker. It is indeed a Messor. It could be Messor structor or Messor barbarus. I would wote for the second. As I photographed only structor so far, and this one is a little "strange" to me. Good work.
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Post by nto »

Thank You to All :) Thanks Betty and Pèter for Ant ID , I renamed caption post
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Post by augusthouse »

This would look great on the side of a bus!

with the caption,

"It's the little things that matter - Think Big!"
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Post by nto »

augusthouse wrote: "It's the little things that matter - Think Big!"
Craig thanks to encourage :D I Think Big nikkor 10x \:D/

Pèter i look photos messor barbarus minor and almost similar to spanish ants :roll:
Antonio

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Post by acerola »

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.
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Post by nto »

thanks again Pèter, ant found outside the nest, I learn a lot from this forum :)
Antonio


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