83 pictures Stacked in Zerene Stacker Pmax
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Cephalotini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Although they are wingless, biologists have observed them gliding.They will glide back to the trunk of their tree, which is much safer than the ground or water below. They are among a number of groups of gliding ants. They feed mainly on nectar and avian excretion.
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Cephalotini es una tribu de hormigas perteneciente a la subfamilia Myrmicinae. A pesar de que no tienen alas, los biólogos han observado que pueden planear saltando desde los árboles y controlando la dirección de la caÃda.Se deslizan nuevamente al tronco de su árbol, que es mucho más seguro que el suelo o el agua de abajo. Se encuentran entre una serie de grupos de hormigas voladoras. Se alimentan principalmente de néctar y excreción aviar.
64 pictures stacked in Zerene of this wonderful ant from the peruvian amazon
Possible Specie: Daceton Boltoni (Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Daceton)macromicroextreme macrosextreme macromacrographyphotomacrographystackingapiladocloseupsnic320nico320nicolas reusensnatureinsectinsects
This one took me like 4 hours of total work to get this result.....! Hope it was worth it ;)
128 pictures stacked
Around 7x magnification (microscope lens on bellows & 60D Canon)
Possibly Acromyrmex (THANK you very much Mr.DMX for the Id research !!!) ;)
Acromyrmex species have a hard outer covering called the exoskeleton, or cuticle. It functions as armour, protection against dangerous solar waves, an attachment base for internal muscles, and also prevents water loss. It is divided into three main parts; the head, thorax, and abdomen.
There is also a small segment between the thorax and abdomen called the petiole, which is split into two nodes in Acromyrmex species.
The antenna are the most important sense organs that Acromyrmex species possess and are jointed so that the ant can extend them forward when it wishes to investigate an object. They can retract them back over its head when in a dangerous situation, for example, a fight. Acromyrmex species have eyes but their eyesight is very poor.
Like all insects the eye is "compound", meaning that it is made up of many eyelets called ommatidia, the number of these eyelets varies according to species. In the worker castes male ants tend to have more ommatadia than other castes. The ocelli, which are generally found on top of the heads of queen Acromyrmex, are thought to aid aerial navigation by sunlight.
Acromyrmex are dark red in color. In addition to the standard ant anatomy, the back of the thorax has a series of spines which help them maneuver material such as leaf fragments on their backs.
Acromyrmex can be identified from the closely related Atta genus of leafcutter ants since they have 4 pairs of spines and a rough exoskeleton on the upper surface of the thorax.macromicroextreme macrosextreme macromacrographyphotomacrographystackingapiladocloseupsnic320nico320nicolas reusensnatureinsectinsects
