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Turtle Ant

Cephalotes clypeatus

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

These ants lived in the huge termite mounds that were in the savannah, and were active during the night. During the day, they stayed inside the mounds.

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Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
..oh the complexity and beauty of it all !!.. thanks Tom.
Tom15
The termite mounds were active with termites, and 6 to 10 feet tall. I don't think there was any interaction between the ants and termites, they were just taking shelter during the hot day inside the mound. At night my friend and I witnessed these ants tending treehoppers. And during the day a different species of ant tended the same treehoppers.
Mark Ridgway
Impressive and unusual ant !! What are those turtles and ants up to !? :) I'm curious about ants inside termite mounds... partnership going on? or is it generic 'termite mound' ?

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PublishedMarch 1, 2013

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