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Labidus praedator - Army Ants
Panamá

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Returning from the front, a media worker of the common Neotropical army ant Labidus praedator carries a spider she has caught.

 
Panamá, Panamá.: 1 km W Gamboa
09º07.3'N 79º43.0'W 50m. 29.vii.2007
Trail of ants across dirt road, 2nd growth forest.
#AW2921, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC.


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