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Ant - Camponotus
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Ant - Camponotus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 22, 2008
Size: 6mm (1/4")
I believe this to be Camponotus. But what are those white spots all over it ? Something off the seed ?
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 22 May, 2008 - 8:14pm
Last updated 26 May, 2008 - 8:40am

Insect fragment?
With some imagination, the ant's load could be a chunk out of some 'furry' insect, like a headless, legless thorax. Perhaps the ant's body was coated with the 'scales' while it was attempting to cut the victim up.
… Stephen Luk, 22 May, 2008 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Look like moth scales from th
Look like moth scales from the body part it is carrying.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 23 May, 2008 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

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