Pheidole Friday: P. rosae

By awild on May 15, 2009.

Pheidole rosae, major worker, Entre Rios, Argentina

At the nest entrance

photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D

ISO 100, 1/250 sec, f/13, flash diffused through tracing paper

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