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ving
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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:13 am Post subject: meet the meat ants |
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ving wrote:
a very important part of the aussie ecosystem, meat ants clean up all sorts of dead and rotting animal matter (hence the name). just dont stand on thier nest for too long!
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patrickh wrote:
Yukkk - but great pics. Are they poisonous too?
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ving
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ving wrote:
yes and no... they dont have stingers like some poisonous ants but thier saliva has a stinging substance to it... needless to say if you are bitten you wont die but you will know about it!
these are about 1cm long
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poilu wrote:
wow Ving! you get your dose of adrenaline!
how close have you get? nice shots!
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Nesster wrote:
I think that last one sees you, and they'll be plotting to come after you 
nice shots!
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ving
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ving wrote:
i was a good 20cm away 
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Orio wrote:
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| i was a good 20cm away |
They attack living beings?
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Attila wrote:
Lovely and rare captures! I love all of them well done!
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ving
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ving wrote:
thanks guys, heres a different species for you. these are sugar ants and couldnt be any different to the meat ants if they tried. they are about the same size but are primarily nectar gatherers.
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Screamin Scott wrote:
Ving,
What lens did you use for the captures? Any cropping of the images?...Nice photos!
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ving
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ving wrote:
hi scott, I do not crop anything.
the setup is as the picture. nikon d40, pk13 extension, 3xtc and nikon 55mm f3.5 micro. the picture has a reversed e-series 50mm but i didnt use that in these pics
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