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Linepithema humile - Argentine Ant - Linepithema humile
Copyright © 2004 Joyce Gross

Linepithema humile - Argentine Ant - Linepithema humile
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
December 1, 2004
Size: 3mm
One ant carrying a dead ant across my kitchen counter.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 2 January, 2005 - 11:57pm
Last updated 31 July, 2006 - 3:51am

ant carrying ant
I love this image, partly because of the particular activity, and partly because of the tiny size of the participants: it somehow reminds me of a mother dog carrying her puppy to a safe place - but at 1/500th scale!
… Robin McLeod, 4 January, 2005 - 6:37pm

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