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 Ant with long antenna
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 17-03-2009 10:29
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
About 4mm long. Pictured in Tanzania.
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 17-03-2009 11:53
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
He fooled you!! :-) :-) It's not ant ant, it's a cricket, so Orthoptera, Gryllidae! Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| socrates |
Posted on 17-03-2009 12:40
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Member Location: California Posts: 109 Joined: 11.02.07 |
orthopteran indeed... amazing..
Edited by socrates on 17-03-2009 12:40 tempus fugit |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 17-03-2009 16:11
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Wow! Fooled me alright! I was wondering about the long hindlegs though. Thanks Gerard. Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 17-03-2009 16:39
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Any idea of species or genus?
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-03-2009 19:32
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Looks very like Macroxiphus - see http://www.dib.bo...xiphus.pdf
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 17-03-2009 20:41
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thanks Tony, it looks very much like L1. Should I assume Macroxiphus siamensis? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-03-2009 23:23
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
No, I don't think it's the same species. May not even be the same genus, but is closely related.
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 18-03-2009 04:32
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
ok, thanks. BTW, the mimicry of this cricket, is it an evolutionary mechanism of survival or just coincidence that it resembles an insect. If mimicry, why would it mimic an ant? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 18-03-2009 07:12
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Beacuse ants are among the most featful insects in other insects eyes. They are pretty strong as individuals. but almost undefeatable as a superindividual. Attacking an ant means attacking possibly millions of ants. Therefore most predators leave ants alone. That is why there are convincing ant mimics in almost all arthropod groups, including Orthotpera, Heteroptera, Aranaea, non-formicid Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera etc. Edited by Xespok on 18-03-2009 07:12 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 18-03-2009 07:19
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thanks Xespok. The other day I saw a small 1mm ant scare away a jumping spider. You information answers many questions 
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 19-03-2009 09:36
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Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
And there is a small correction to be made! It's Orthoptera alright, but as you can see on the page which Tony send it's not a cricket (look at the adults) but a katydid nymph, so Tettigoniidae! Greetings, Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 19-03-2009 18:10
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
thanks gerard.
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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