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Red weaver ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

Photo by sunnyjosef
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Like a pack of hungry wild dogs surrounding their prey, these weaver ants are dismembering a black spiny ant to be taken to their nest...

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Comments (7)
Sckel
How ants can be dire
beaker98
What an incredible photo! Well done!
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PublishedJuly 31, 2013

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