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Ants - Aphaenogaster
Copyright © 2005 Christopher C Wirth

Ants - Aphaenogaster
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
August 29, 2005
These ants stole the dead cricket from the jumping spider in this shot:
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 15 September, 2005 - 5:33pm
Last updated 29 October, 2005 - 8:18am

Aphaenogaster sp. - workers
Compared with many other genera of the Myrmicinae subfamily, these ants are fairly agile due to their slenderness and long legs. This helps them to steal preys from other predators, being themselves very opportunistic scavengers.
Depending on the species, the color of the female castes varies from reddish-brown to jet black.
… Richard Vernier, 26 October, 2005 - 11:24am

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