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Bullet Ant

Paraponera clavata

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

gigantic ant, one inch, also called 24 hour ant for how long the pain lasts after being stung

Habitat:

pacific coast rainforest

Notes:

I'm not normally into photographing ants. I think leaf cutter ants are cool but besides that I pretty much hate ants. They are the most numerous insect in the rainforest and have bitten and stung me many, many times. They can be a huge pain in the neck most of the time. I only photographed this ant because it was so huge! Thankfully I have never been stung by a bullet ant.

Species ID Suggestions

Bullet ant

Paraponera clavata

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Comments (3)
Augusto Patiño Ramirez
Su picada es tan dolorosa, que por eso la llaman Hormiga bala. Se siente como si se recibiera un impacto de bala.
Dan Doucette
Thanks sihoer, I had a feeling it was a bullet ant.
SimonHarr
It's a bullent ant! Supposed to be the insect with the most painful sting ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraponera

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PublishedApril 6, 2013

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