Lion Ant

blacksmithblacksmith Registered Users Posts: 115 Major grins
edited March 26, 2009 in Holy Macro
Well, it's called "Lion Ant" in my country, but i guess it has a special ID. I've just tried to shoot him when he moving around, some are not perfect, you C&C are appreciated!

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Thanks for viewing!Cheers!

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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2009
    Amazing looking features. I've never seen this kind of ants in VN. Where do you find these?

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2009
    Lovely series- amazing looking ant :)
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  • MilanMilan Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2009
    Wow, never seen an ant like that.
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2009
    Milan wrote:
    Wow, never seen an ant like that.

    I kinda hope to never see an ant like that...


    Nice pics
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  • the supervillainthe supervillain Registered Users Posts: 177 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2009
    holy crap! what is that thing :)

    very nice shots!!

    first one is my fave!
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  • blacksmithblacksmith Registered Users Posts: 115 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2009
    Thanks all for your comments, I'm very appreciate that. Hope pleasing you with this strange ant. :)
    Cuong wrote:
    Amazing looking features. I've never seen this kind of ants in VN. Where do you find these?

    Got this ant in Mã Đà national forest last week. Rất vui khi thấy một thành viên Vietnam ở trang web này!

    Cheers!
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2009
    blacksmith wrote:
    Well, it's called "Lion Ant" in my country, but i guess it has a special ID. I've just tried to shoot him when he moving around, some are not perfect, you C&C are appreciated!

    Thanks for viewing!Cheers!

    Ohhhhhhh geezzzzzzz that is one Cool looking Ant eek7.gif
    Built for battle by the looks of his body armour.

    It's looks really big ... is it ??

    Very interesting post thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • Daver2112Daver2112 Registered Users Posts: 157 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2009
    Just outstanding!! I've never seen an ant like that before.thumb.gif
  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2009
    Daver2112 wrote:
    Just outstanding!! I've never seen an ant like that before.thumb.gif

    Wow that is fantastic and great to see something new.
    Regards
    Bob
  • XR6MOTOXR6MOTO Registered Users Posts: 20 Big grins
    edited March 26, 2009
    Great set of macro pictures & very cool looking insect. Thank you for sharing these.
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