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Paratrechina longicornis - Crazy Ant
Panamá

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis) are somewhat opportunistic feeders, getting nutrition from a wide array of food sources.  Here a worker feeds from sap oozing from a plant wound.  Such generalist habits may help explain why these ants thrive all over the world.

 
Panamá: Isla Contadora
08º38N 79º02'W 5m
vii.2007. Beach edge.

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon 65mm MP-E 1-5x macro lens.