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Trap-jaw ant
Odontomachus bauri
7.03966, 125.508
Field Notes
Description:
The color of the head, thorax and abdomen is black. Body length is 10mm, 1 node with spine, head shape is flat, bulging eyes and long antennae. They can jump, this made them hard to catch with forceps. I just let them crawl on to something to catch them.
Habitat:
Backyard. I discovered them, as I was uprooting some portion of my flourishing ashitaba plant.
Notes:
Never thought this kind of ant existed in my yard because I never saw them crawling around the yard. They disappeared so fast after digging them out.
Odontomachus is closely similar to anochetus but this link will tell the difference http://www.myrmecos.net/2013/01/05/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-t…
other sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontomachus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponerinae
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/08/21_ant.shtml
http://www.antweb.org/description.do?subfamily=ponerinae&genus=odontoma…
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