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Copyright © 2005 Christopher C Wirth

Ants - Prenolepis imparis

Powhatan County, Virginia, USA

Can anyone ID these ants? - Thanks

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Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 31 July, 2005 - 9:45pm
Last updated 9 December, 2010 - 11:09am

Moved

This prize winner shouldn't have sat so long unidentified. Browsing other images of the species, you will encounter similar configurations of workers of this species.
Not to worry about them exploding -- These critters are famous for their expansible gasters, with crop contents when feeding on liquids as in this case, or with accumulated fat in yearling workers.
See http://bio.fsu.edu/~tschink/publications/1987-3.pdf
(Warning - poor quality pdf)

… James C. Trager, 9 December, 2010 - 11:09am

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Photo Contest

I just found out that this photo won Grand Prize in the Virginia Wildlife 2005 photo contest and appears on the back cover of this months issue.

… Christopher C Wirth, 6 March, 2006 - 8:28am

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Congratulations Chris,

a prize well deserved!

… Hartmut Wisch, 7 March, 2006 - 12:15pm

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Great job!

I always thought it was a winner!

… Lynette Elliott, 6 March, 2006 - 9:14am

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Thanks

Thanks to everyone! Glad you all liked it!

… Christopher C Wirth, 15 December, 2005 - 4:46pm

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Wonder

what they're imbibing. Wonderful rhythm in this photo!

… Hartmut Wisch, 10 December, 2005 - 7:36pm

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artistic pair

This one (15 ants drinking on a leaf) would make a good companion piece for 13 bees sleeping on a cosmos flower - enlarged ten times and hung on the wall of an insect art gallery. Anybody planning one soon?

… Robin McLeod, 31 July, 2005 - 11:22pm

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I agree

a wonderful photo!

… Lynette Elliott, 6 August, 2005 - 7:30pm

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Some of them

Some of them look like they better stop drinking or they're going to explode!

… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2005 - 11:09pm

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