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Pachycondyla harpax
Texas, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

A Pachycondyla worker carries a male nestmate to safety after the photographer disturbs her nest.  The elongate, wasp-like body is typical for ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.

 
USA TX Travis Co.: Austin
Brackenridge Field Laboratory
150m 30º17.02´N 97º46.75´W 
21.iii.2007 Oak forest, nest under stone.

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.