Alex WildOne of my favorite ants, the Texas turtle ant Cephalotes texanus. Photo is a live stack of three images, to improve depth of field.
The rarely-photographed opaque turtle ant, Cephalotes opacus, in the Peruvian Amazon.
A winged queen turtle ant, Cephalotes christopherseni, photographed last month in Minca, Colombia.
Hard to pick a favorite ant, but Cephalotes turtle ants, which hold treetop territories in the American tropics, are high on my list. A photo gallery:
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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Cephalotes
Cephalotes - Alex Wild
is a diverse genus of heavily-armored, tree-dwelling myrmicine ants found in forested regions of the new world tropics and subtropics. A number of canopy species show the unusual habit of controlled gliding flight when knocked from tree branches. Most species are polymorphic, having a "soldier" caste with an enlarged head used for blocking the nest entrances as a living door.
A gallery of some of my favorite insects, the tree-dwelling turtle ants of the American tropics and subtropics.
#Ants #Cephalotes #Insects #photography
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Cephalotes
Cephalotes - Alex Wild
is a diverse genus of heavily-armored, tree-dwelling myrmicine ants found in forested regions of the new world tropics and subtropics. A number of canopy species show the unusual habit of controlled gliding flight when knocked from tree branches. Most species are polymorphic, having a "soldier" caste with an enlarged head used for blocking the nest entrances as a living door.
A gallery of Cephalotes turtle ants, some of my all time favorite insects.
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Cephalotes/
Cephalotes - Alex Wild
is a diverse genus of heavily-armored, tree-dwelling myrmicine ants found in forested regions of the new world tropics and subtropics. A number of canopy species show the unusual habit of controlled gliding flight when knocked from tree branches. Most species are polymorphic, having a "soldier" caste with an enlarged head used for blocking the nest entrances as a living door.
If I had to pick a favorite ant, a tough decision on many fronts, I’d probably have to go with the American turtle ants, Cephalotes. The genus has about 200 heavily armored species, most of which live in tropical forest tree canopies.
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Cephalotes/
Cephalotes - Alex Wild
is a diverse genus of heavily-armored, tree-dwelling myrmicine ants found in forested regions of the new world tropics and subtropics. A number of canopy species show the unusual habit of controlled gliding flight when knocked from tree branches. Most species are polymorphic, having a "soldier" caste with an enlarged head used for blocking the nest entrances as a living door.
Aliens among us: Cephalotes clypeatus, the golden turtle ant, is a very real animal found in South American rainforests.
This is a focus-stacked composite image.
