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Alex Wild
@alexwild@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

It's that time of the year when the rotting Halloween pumpkins start delivering tremendous bug content.

I got these shots of Pheidole dentata ants successfully hunting fruit fly adults and larvae in the muck.

#Insects #Nature #Pheidole #Ants

Macro photo of a slender, shiny ant holding the bent wing of an orange, striped Drosophila tripunctata fruit fly, and dragging the insect across a rough orange substrate.
Macro photo of a slender, shiny ant holding the bent wing of an orange, striped Drosophila tripunctata fruit fly, and dragging the insect across a rough orange substrate.
Macro photo of a slender, shiny ant holding the bent wing of an orange, striped Drosophila tripunctata fruit fly, and dragging the insect across a rough orange substrate.
Macro photo of a small shiny brown ant holding a yellowish maggot in its jaws as it walks over an orange substrate, with some mold fruiting at lower right.
Macro photo of a small shiny brown ant holding a yellowish maggot in its jaws as it walks over an orange substrate, with some mold fruiting at lower right.
Macro photo of a small shiny brown ant holding a yellowish maggot in its jaws as it walks over an orange substrate, with some mold fruiting at lower right.
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