Solvin Zankl / Trap jaw ant (Odontomachus sp.) close-up showing powerful mandibles with sensory hairs. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking
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MYN / Lily Kumpe / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus sp), Western Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project
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Piotr Naskrecki / Trap Jaw Ant (Anochetus levaillanti), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
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MYN / Andrew Snyder / Trapjaw ant (Odontomachus sp.) Chenapau, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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MYN / Andrew Snyder / Trapjaw ant (Odontomachus sp.) Chenapau, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
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MYN / JP Lawrence / Unidentified Trapjaw Ant (Odontomachus sp.) Isla Pastores, Panama. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / JP Lawrence / Unidentified Trapjaw Ant (Odontomachus sp.) Isla Pastores, Panama. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / JP Lawrence / Unidentified Trapjaw Ant (Odontomachus sp.) Isla Pastores, Panama. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Solvin Zankl / Trap jaw ant (Odontomachus sp.) close-up showing powerful mandibles with sensory hairs. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus sp) pair with two different pairs of mandibles, the right ant has mandibles used for carrying, the left for chewing, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus sp) colony lodged within a single twig, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Antler-jawed Ant (Myrmoteras sp) kills prey with special trap jaws which can open 280 degrees and spear prey with pitch-fork tips, Malaysia
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) worker approaches pupa to relocate nest, pupa's translucent arms will become mandibles, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) worker defends herself and larva from Army Ant, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) worker carrying away pseudo-scorpion away from nest where it was threatening larva, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) worker carrying pupa, pupa's translucent arms will become mandibles, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) worker defends herself and the larva she defends against an Army Ant by shooting venom at the intruder, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) carries prey, a springtail she has stunned by injecting venom, back to nest, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) grasps springtail in jaws and thrusts her abdomen forward and injects victim with stinger, Costa Rica
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) stalking springtail
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Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus teledectus) worker removing pseudo-scorpion from nest where it was threatening larva, Costa Rica
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Doug Wechsler / Square-snouted mustache ants (Strumigenys rostrata) in nest with larvae, pupae and eggs, Pennsylvania, USA. July.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) on a dead leaf with mandibles open, ready to strike, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) with mandibles open, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) with mandibles open, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap jaw ant (Odontomachus sp.) preying upon a cockroach larva. Captive.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) with mandibles open, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus sp.) preying upon a cockroach larva. Captive.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus chelifer) portrait, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) crawling over a dead leaf, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus chelifer) on a dead leaf, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus chelifer) with mandibles open, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus chelifer) with mandibles open, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) crawling over a dead leaf, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap jaw ants (Odontomachus sp.) preying upon a cockroach larva. Captive.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) crawling over a dead leaf, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus), which has the fastest self-powered predatory strike in the animal kingdom. Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus), close up, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus), Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus), Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) which has the fastest self-powered predatory strike in the animal kingdom, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) crawling over a dead leaf, Wayqecha, Peru.
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Emanuele Biggi / Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) which has the fastest self-powered predatory strike in the animal kingdom (35 to 64 meters per second, or 78 to 145 miles per hour ) and with a stunning accelerati...
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Morley Read / Trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus sp.) drinking nectar from extra floral nectaries on an Inga tree leaf. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.
