Messor Ant

nto · Post by **nto** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:42 pm

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%

ciao

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:53 pm

This is a great image Antonio.

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

Craig

LSRasmussen · Post by **LSRasmussen** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:34 am

Antonio,

I second what Craig said. Love the composition !

//Lars

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:17 am

A wonderfully beautiful photo Antonio. Excellent everything

Planapo · Post by **Planapo** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:07 am

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.

--Betty

acerola · Post by **acerola** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:09 pm

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.

nto · Post by **nto** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:24 pm

Thank You to All

Thanks Betty and Pèter for Ant ID , I renamed caption post

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:37 pm

This would look great on the side of a bus!

with the caption,

"It's the little things that matter - Think Big!"

nto · Post by **nto** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:58 am

augusthouse wrote: "It's the little things that matter - Think Big!"

Craig thanks to encourage

I Think Big nikkor 10x $\:D/$

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

acerola · Post by **acerola** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:10 am

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.

nto · Post by **nto** » Mon May 26, 2008 4:43 am

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

spidermanbryce2006 · Post by **spidermanbryce2006** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:52 pm

wow awesome shot!!!!