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tomorrownight: Seems Ants From Brazil are 'in' at the moment! (29. Nov 2010 00:03)

I have a friend whos out in Brazil at the moment. He sent me this photo and thought the aphids were the lady birds eggs! i explained to him what she was really doing, but its a great photo!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47239598@N08/5215910962/

these are the rest of his ants that hes seen, i only recognise the Atta in this lot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47239598@N08/sets/72157625362635009/
Any ideas?

Creature: Re: Seems Ants From Brazil are 'in' at the moment! (29. Nov 2010 08:32)

The "golden" ant look a bit like Polyrhachis.

Pi.Ag3: Re: Seems Ants From Brazil are 'in' at the moment! (29. Nov 2010 19:44)

Both are Camponotus species, I think. Polyrhachis don't occur in South America.

Greetings, Phil

Creature: Re: Seems Ants From Brazil are 'in' at the moment! (29. Nov 2010 20:57)

Damn you are right. Both are definetly camponotus. The fur of the second species distracted me but when u take a look at the second
picture of the ant you can see the typical bodyshape of camponotus spec.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47239598@N08/5215380607/in/set-72157625362635009/