By awild on October 8, 2009. they've got nothing on Protanilla. (via antweb) Tags ants Navel-gazing Science genitalia insects Log in to post comments Woah, and look at those femora in the forelegs! It seems the male wants to make sure he gets a good grip while at it. Log in to post comments He'd need to hold tight, as I can't imagine the female wanting that thing attached to her for any longer than necessary! Log in to post comments Wow. Log in to post comments That puts to shame Petersen's Noonilla copiosa (see p. 7 of http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4250/4250.pdf). I hope to rediscover this species in Palawan late this year. Log in to post comments http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4250/4250.pdf (Link didn't work with a parenthesis appended to it.) Noonilla still seems rather impressive, and looking at Peteresen's illustration, I wonder if maybe it's another, rather less "hung" species of Protanilla Log in to post comments PS -- Not sure "navel-gazing" is quite the right designation for this. Log in to post comments [looks at his] :( Log in to post comments Madness - I had no idea there were male ant genitals as large as that! I can only imagine what the act of mating in that species looks like P_P Log in to post comments
Woah, and look at those femora in the forelegs! It seems the male wants to make sure he gets a good grip while at it. Log in to post comments
He'd need to hold tight, as I can't imagine the female wanting that thing attached to her for any longer than necessary! Log in to post comments
That puts to shame Petersen's Noonilla copiosa (see p. 7 of http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4250/4250.pdf). I hope to rediscover this species in Palawan late this year. Log in to post comments
http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4250/4250.pdf (Link didn't work with a parenthesis appended to it.) Noonilla still seems rather impressive, and looking at Peteresen's illustration, I wonder if maybe it's another, rather less "hung" species of Protanilla Log in to post comments
Madness - I had no idea there were male ant genitals as large as that! I can only imagine what the act of mating in that species looks like P_P Log in to post comments
Woah, and look at those femora in the forelegs! It seems the male wants to make sure he gets a good grip while at it.
He'd need to hold tight, as I can't imagine the female wanting that thing attached to her for any longer than necessary!
Wow.
That puts to shame Petersen's Noonilla copiosa (see p. 7 of http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4250/4250.pdf). I hope to rediscover this species in Palawan late this year.
http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4250/4250.pdf
(Link didn't work with a parenthesis appended to it.)
Noonilla still seems rather impressive, and looking at Peteresen's illustration, I wonder if maybe it's another, rather less "hung" species of Protanilla
PS -- Not sure "navel-gazing" is quite the right designation for this.
[looks at his] :(
Madness - I had no idea there were male ant genitals as large as that! I can only imagine what the act of mating in that species looks like P_P