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Ant beauty (Single)
DESCRIPTION
Camponotus cruentatus, Formicidae (Hymenoptera), major. Madrid (Spain), 11/2017. A common and one of the biggest species of ant throughout Europe, mainly with a Mediterranean distribution, it feeds mainly on sugary substances of aphids and insects. Probably the last individuals that we will see before hibernation. Shot with a Canon 7d mkII with a Canon MP-E65 lens.
AUTHOR
A medical doctor, Plastic surgeon, naturalist (author of several natural history books, as "Bovids of the World"), amateur entomologist, amateur photographer.
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