Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Aphaenogaster occidentalis

This Nano Gigapan is of an ant commonly found in Northern California. We found this one in the kitchen. It is the same species as the one below that's holding a fly.

This Nano Gigapan is a head shot of the ant that is composed of 80 pictures. The ant is magnified 500x.

You can see optical images of it on ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=occidentalis&genus=aphaenogaster&project=calants

View the full image at GigaPan.org

1 comment:

  1. This is AWESOME! He looks like Hollywood's version of an Alien. I am so glad I found this blogsite...it never fails to amaze me.

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