The Romance of Ants

An Exhibition at The Field Museum, Chicago

trap_jaw_ant

Though there are tens of thousands of ant species, they all share certain anatomical traits. This trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus coquereli) of Madagascar has six legs, two antennae, one set of jaws, and bodies segemented into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen.
image © Alex Wild, http://www.alexanderwild.com

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