Feb 24, 2009

Macro photos of red fire ants

Fire ants, are stinging ants with over 280 species worldwide. They have several common names including Ginger Ants and Tropical Fire Ants (English), aka-kami-ari (Japanese), and Feuerameise (German).

For these red fire ants, it is not easy to take the picture because the ants won't keep still. And a zero macro is not possible as the ants would climb to the camera's lens.


Red fire ants giving an alarm


Angry red fire ants, ready for a fight


David the little red fire ant, biting Goliath (me) hand
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    i love macro shots

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  2. roentareMarch 2, 2009 at 1:11 PM

    Scary. I thought the red fire ant is poisonous.

    The colour is very good and you got it off the back of your hand!

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  3. bilal mubaraqiMay 26, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    woah!! pretty d*** cool man!!

    is it dangerous??

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