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HYMENOPTERA - APOCRITA - ACULEATA - VESPOIDEA - Formicidae
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Giant Forest Ant, or Camponotus gigas. <Formicidae - Formicinae>. photo: 08/2002, Taman Negara, Malaysia. Green Tree Ant [1][2], or Oecophylla smaragdina <Formicidae - Formicinae>. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia. Iridomyrmex sp. (purpureus group) <Formicidae - Dolichoderinae>. photo: 09/2003, Dryanadra, WA, Australia.

Bulldog Ant, or Myrmecia sp. <Formicidae - Myrmeciinae>. photo: 09/2004, 2 Peoples' Bay, WA, Australia. Formica sp. <Formicidae - Formicinae>. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan. Camponotus obscuripes or Muneaka Oo-ari <Formicidae - Formicinae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Pristomyrmex pungens [1][2] or Amime Ari <Formicidae - Myrmicinae>. photo: 07/2004, Tokyo, Japan. Turtle Ant, or Cephalotes atratus. <Formicidae - Myrmicinae>. photo: 08/2004, Overbridge, Suriname. Leaf-cutting Ant [1][2], or Atta sp. <Formicidae - Myrmicinae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Crematogaster sp. <Formicidae - Myrmicinae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. Unidentified Ant <Formicidae>. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname. Lasius sp. <Formicidae - ormicinae>. photo: 10/2004, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified <Formicidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Unidentified <Formicidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Unidentified <Formicidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified <Formicidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Unidentified <Formicidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Bal-byter, or Camponotus sp. <Formicidae - Formicinae>. photo: 08/2005, Otjiwarongo, Namibia.

Bal-byter, or Camponotus sp. <Formicidae - Formicinae>. photo: 09/2005, Swakopmund, Namibia. back to upper category


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orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
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odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
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