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Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis geminata colony - Pseudacteon - female
Copyright © 2012 Victor Engel

Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis geminata colony - Pseudacteon - Female
Travis County, Texas, USA
May 14, 2012
... with Solenopsis geminata drone

I'm tentatively marking this one female because I think that's her ovipositor I see.

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Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis geminata colony - Pseudacteon - female Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis geminata colony - Pseudacteon - female Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis geminata colony - Pseudacteon - female
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 14 May, 2012 - 10:24pm

this is the darndest thing i ever saw!
you made me read for 2 hours! looking up endoparasites and then i got off on a fish in a sea cucumber..and hookworms and its crazy! i gotta go to sleep but thanks for showing us this..i learned alot tonight!
… Edna Woodward, 15 May, 2012 - 12:24am login or register to post comments

 
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I don't see a way to delete a post, so I've replaced the text. I had second thoughts on posting it.
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