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Photo by LuisStevens
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Description:

Black ant with golden abdomen. They were in a tree and some red ants were trying to go up but the black ants weren't letting them (photo 4 and 5).

Habitat:

Tropical forest.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
Caleb Steindel
wow, that gold abdomen is so neat! very nice photographs, congrats and thanks for sharing!
LuisStevens
Thank Lauren. I just finished uploading all my Chiapas spottings (260+).
LuisStevens
Thank you Sukanya Datta. I'm sure the story is based on these ants.
SukanyaDatta
In his book, Megasthenes, a Greek traveler, wrote about ants that dug for gold in mines in eastern India! I think you found the species; they smuggled the gold out in their abdomens and are living as expats. Jokes aside, I have never seen an ant with golden abdomens. Thanks for posting a wonderful find.
Mark Ridgway
I love ant politics... so simple. Wonderful spotting Luis.

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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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PublishedApril 26, 2014

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