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Pirate ant

Started By LC3 , Feb 18 2016 10:38 PM
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#1 Offline LC3 - Posted February 18 2016 - 10:38 PM

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http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3689134/

Anybody ever heard of those ants? Pretty odd ants. I like their fashion choices.

 

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Edited by LC3, February 19 2016 - 3:38 PM.

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted February 19 2016 - 6:55 AM

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Those are some strange colors.


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#3 Offline klawfran3 - Posted February 19 2016 - 2:56 PM

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That second one must be pretty fast, judging how it has racing stripes on it! Where are these guys native to?


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#4 Offline LC3 - Posted February 19 2016 - 3:16 PM

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Apparently it was found in the Philippines by some German scientists sometime around 2013. 


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#5 Offline gcsnelling - Posted February 19 2016 - 3:27 PM

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Cardiocondyla pirata


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#6 Offline Tpro4 - Posted February 22 2016 - 8:34 AM

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they're very pretty
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#7 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted February 22 2016 - 9:15 AM

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they look awesome!!! :)


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