Ants and friends

[orionmystery]

Eooxylides tharis distanti (Branded Imperial) butterfly, with a yellow crazy ant!

This beautiful butterfly was too big for the MPE65. I had to take 4 shots for merging/stitching.

Photomerge 6 MPE65 shots into one | Up Close with Nature

Myrmicaria sp.

A dead ant and an aphid. Ophiocordyceps kill, early stages.

Two

weaver ant queen

A Diacamma sp. ant, and a sow bug.

 

[kyrontf]

Great shots, I think #2 and #7 are priceless. What kind of ant is that in #4? I've never seen one with such prominent spike things coming out of the thorax.

 

[orionmystery]

Great shots, I think #2 and #7 are priceless. What kind of ant is that in #4? I've never seen one with such prominent spike things coming out of the thorax.

Thanks kyrontf. Not sure what ant was that in 4, probably Polyrhachis.

 

[Tomasko]

These are perfect as usual

 

[orionmystery]

These are perfect as usual

Thanks, Tomasko.

 

[jrice12]

Great shots. I like the first one best due to the excellent stiching job and (most of all) the story it tells - love the ant antlers being a bit up like that, they appear to be having a conversation. The second one doesn't have that same effect. 3rd one looks like we get the image of the flash unit on its back(?).

 

[pen]

Beautiful!

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[cgipson1]

Gorgeous, as always!

 

[orionmystery]

Great shots. I like the first one best due to the excellent stiching job and (most of all) the story it tells - love the ant antlers being a bit up like that, they appear to be having a conversation. The second one doesn't have that same effect. 3rd one looks like we get the image of the flash unit on its back(?).

Beautiful!

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Gorgeous, as always!

Thanks for looking and commenting, jrice, Paul, Charlie.