Carpenter Ant #1
by Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/science Photo Library
Title
Carpenter Ant #1
Artist
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Hercules ant head (Camponotus herculeanus). Camponotus herculeanus (formerly known as Formica herculeana) is call the Hercules ant) in family Formicidae (carpentar ants). It is a boreal and montane species inhabiting spruce-fir and pine forests, especially in the NW United States. This common species normally nests in rotten logs and stumps, but nests are occasionally found under stones. Magnification: x18 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.
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October 3rd, 2018
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