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Photo#358365
Ptenothrix renateae - female
Copyright © 2009 Jon Hart

Ptenothrix renateae - Female
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
December 13, 2009
Size: approx. 5mm
Well, this one's got me. It has characteristics of an ant with "dazzle paint" (like WWII transport ships in the Atlantic). Someone has just *got* to know what this is.
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Contributed by Jon Hart on 13 December, 2009 - 8:49pm
Last updated 23 January, 2010 - 3:46pm

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very cool!
The pattern on it almost looks artificial. Great pic.
… Andrew Williams, 19 December, 2009 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
After getting the shot
up on the monitor, I almost thought it was a nano-bot, it had such a man-made look. Evolution takes some odd turns at times.
… Jon Hart, 19 December, 2009 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… John F. Carr, 14 December, 2009 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix renateae
Family Dicyrtomidae.
A female specimen.

Dear Jon, I would appreciate receiving your permission to use your excellent Collembola picture(s) as illustrations at collembola.org
Credits and copyrights will be provided for each picture used.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
… Frans Janssens, 14 December, 2009 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 13 December, 2009 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Collembola
Sminthuridae (or thereabouts--not up-to-date with springtail taxonomy)
… Blaine Mathison, 13 December, 2009 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
So, that's what
I see a lot of times, swoop in for a quickie shot, watch them pop off never to be seen again. Thanks, Blaine!
… Jon Hart, 13 December, 2009 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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