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Macro photo in portrait orientation of two slender, segmented, wormlike red ants with short legs and thick anteannae passing each other in a tunnel through dark brown soil.

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Macro photo in portrait orientation of two slender, segmented, wormlike red ants with short legs and thick anteannae passing each other in a tunnel through dark brown soil.
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Alex Wild (alexwild@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 01:31:32 JST Alex Wild

If you're willing to poke around underground, you might find some truly weird ants. Like these Syscia madrensis, whose blind, wormlike bodies are ideal for hunting in tight spaces. Arizona.
#Ants #Insects #Dorylinae #Syscia

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