tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139513322011-07-31T20:04:01.110+10:00..look at the ant, thou sluggard!Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13951332.post-60529821313375698622010-07-18T00:46:00.000+10:002010-07-18T00:47:04.103+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/13951332-6052982131337569862?l=ectatomminae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13951332.post-1119716024632304932005-06-26T02:13:00.000+10:002006-11-13T05:14:05.657+11:00<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Rhytidoponera metallica</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/IMG_7736.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/400/IMG_7736.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Classi<span style="font-size:100%;">fication</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Subfamily</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >: </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Ectatomminae</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Family: Formicidae<br />Common name: Green headed ant<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Foraging solitarily, these terrestrial ants have inconspicuous nest entrances usually in crevices in </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pavements</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, lawns </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and backyards, sometimes in open fields at the base of small shrubs and trees. They feast on the elaisomes of several plant seeds. They also are predatory and feed on ants, termites and ocassionally caterpillars. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Easily identified by their greenish purple metallic lustre on their cutic</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">le, these ants are </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">one of the most common ants on eastern coast and central Australia</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. Their habits of being docile and very sumbissive nature makes </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> studying and </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">rearing them very convenient.<br /><br />Location:<br />NT, NSW, SA - Australia (All through the year)<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13951332-111971602463230493?l=ectatomminae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com0