15 Feb 2014

Ants of Singapore #12 - Echinopla (lineata)

Echinopla

Species accounts


Echinopla lineata Mayr 1872


Kent Ridge, Singapore, 2014

8 Feb 2014

Ants of Singapore #11 - Polyrhachis (cf. tubifex)

Polyrhachis

Species accounts


Polyrhachis cf. tubifex 





Polyrhachis cf. tubifex nest with alate.
Larvae with cocoon.
Lives in bamboo culms.

Worker with alate. Worker biting on the alate wings.

Alate in the nest.

A view of the alate. 

Worker carrying larvae.

Further reading:
- http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/images/pdfs/12311.pdf
- http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/images/pdfs/14656.pdf