From the BBC’s amazing “Life in the Undergrowth“:
A bonus point to anyone who can name the ant at 1:40.
Sunday Night Movie: Attenborough on Webspinners
Alex Wild on insects, science, and photography
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A personal blog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
Myrmecos- derived from the ancient greek word for "ant"- hosts Alex's musings about these and other little creatures that share our planet.
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Pachycondyla apicalis
Not quite. Similar in size and body proportion, and until recently both your guess and the mystery ant were placed in the same subfamily.
Is it Paraponera clavata?
Ectatomma, possibly E. tuberculatum, judging by the shape of the head.
Ectatomma, possibly E. parasiticum, judging by the shape of the head.
I think you know more about ants than you let on, Piotr. That was my take on the identification, too. The petiole is too stubby to be any other species.
Spiderman was obviously lying when he said he was bitten by a spider. It was actually a genetically engineered webspinner.
But how could an insect get so much protein for its silk on a diet of lichens and bark?