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Photography by Dan Quinn

Home»Jasper Ridge Galleries»Adventures on a Smaller Scale»7/25/2010 Messor Ant Combat; Winged Forms; & Grasshoppers

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Modified 21-Dec-23

Created 28-Jul-10

64 photos

The Harvester Ants are active in the morning. Winged forms emerge -- females & males, to mate in the air before a new colony is founded. Ajacent nests collide in single and mob combat. And Grasshoppers swarm the grasslands.

Camponotus visits Messors

Ant Inspection

Camponotus with Messor

Combat

Ant Combat

Single Combat

Single Combat from Ground Level

Combat

Ant Combat

Harvester Ant (Messor andrei)

Single Combat from Ground Level

Single Combat from Ground Level

Single Combat

Single Combat

Single Combat

Single Combat from Ground Level

Single Combat from Ground Level

Single Combat from Ground Level

Single Combat from Ground Level

Single Combat from Ground Level

Dan Quinn