tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139518652011-07-08T09:54:14.665+10:00...look at the ant, thou sluggard!Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13951865.post-41832227871589370872010-07-18T00:46:00.001+10:002010-07-18T00:46:44.376+10:00ant visions has moved to<div><a href="http://web.mac.com/ajaynarendra/AjayNarendra/antvisions/antvisions.html">http://web.mac.com/ajaynarendra/AjayNarendra/antvisions/antvisions.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Update feeds, links, bookmarks..</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13951865-4183222787158937087?l=cerapachyinae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13951865.post-1119761307799019502005-06-26T14:43:00.000+10:002006-11-13T05:14:09.666+11:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cerapachys singularis<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/IMG_3469.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/400/IMG_3469.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Classification</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tribe:Cerapachyini</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/IMG_3456.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/IMG_3456.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Subfamily: Cerapachys<br />Family: Formicidae<br />Common name: Angle headed cannibal ant<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Slender, brightly coloured ants,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> that forage in loose columns.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> They</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> are terrestrial ants with subterranean nests, with nest sites</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> mostly being</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> t</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">mporary. All individuals have ocelli placed in a triangular form</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ati</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">on on their head.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Their foraging behaviour in loose column</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">s of 3 - 5 are reminiscent of the </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">army a</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">nt <span style="font-style: italic;">Aenictus</span>. Feed</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> exclusively on termites an</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">d brood of other ants. I observed these ants raiding into a nest of Iridomyrmex purpureus and they then carried the meat ant's larvae and pupae into their own nest. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Collected</span>:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/IMG_3439.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/IMG_3439.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Alice Springs,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Northern Territory, Australia. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">[January 2004,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> January and </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dece</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">mber 2005, January 2006].</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Several </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">nests at</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> CSIRO, with ants foraging only between late evenin</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">gs to early mornings in summer.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/Cera%201b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/Cera%201b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/Cera%201a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/Cera%201a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/IMG_2813.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/IMG_2813.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/IMG_3470.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/IMG_3470.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13951865-111976130779901950?l=cerapachyinae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com1