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anting ,south of china,2003(Apr-may)

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kalimant	weavers	#21	[url]	[-]
TAFAMF Addict Posts: 2177 05/19/2003 11:59 AM Leaf-Cutter	whoaaa!!!! didn't the weaver ants and tetraponera fight for the food? i observed weavers for years and as far as i can tell, they don't "share" food with other ants species or even conspecific colonies... that must be more like a tug of war for the food....
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china ant	Re: weavers	#22	[url]	[-]
Adult Worker Ant Posts: 272 05/20/2003 5:41 AM	yes,they didn't fight for the food.but after a while all tetraponera left the food. I'm interested that they don't fihgt when they meet running at the same way. Meranoplus bicolor eating a died spider
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tetramorium	Re: weavers	#23	[url]	[-]
Posts: 777 05/20/2003 6:02 AM	Cool photos China Ant, thanks! You see the neatest stuff on your anting trips
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Dr Ant	Re: weavers	#24	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5364 05/20/2003 1:54 PM Doc.	The spines on Meranoplus have unusual placement. Do they arise from the propodeum, or from the meso- or metathorax? I agree with Tetramorium completely that you bring us wonderful photos of ants that are very foreign and unusual for those of us accustomed to American and European (or even northern Chinese) ants!
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china ant	Re: weavers	#25	[url]	[-]
Adult Worker Ant Posts: 272 05/22/2003 6:42 AM	thanks all. Dr Ant,I ask Shanyi Zhou about your question ,he said that the long of spines(above pair) are from postero-lateral angles of mesothorax,the short of spines are from propodeum.
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Morosophomyrmex	Re: weavers	#26	[url]	[-]
Henchant Posts: 1042 05/22/2003 12:54 PM Doc.	wow, really neat Meranoplus pictures! Dr. Ant- here are images from a Meranoplus I got in Australia - www.carleton.edu/curricul...oplus.html you can see the top, longer spines are part of a shield-like projection that extends across the whole dorsal portion of the ...mesothorax. Then there're shorter spines on the propodeum. china_ant, your Meranoplus look like they have a less extensive shield-like covering- do they curl up and hide when disturbed? (that is what the Meranoplus I ran into in Australia did)
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Biddybot	Re: Hairballs VS Baldies	#27	[url]	[-]
Loyal Worker Ant Posts: 651 05/23/2003 10:14 PM	These are wonderful photos! I'm quite intrigued by how hairy the last set of ants are versus the very smooth red ones with the big black eyes...so smooth they look almost like plastic creations rather than living creatures. Is there any general reason for why some ants are so fuzzy and others aren't? Something about the way they live, or maybe the smooth ones see exceptionally well and don't so much need their equivalent of whiskers or something?
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