What sort of ant is this?
Bites?
It's one of the so-called 'trap-jaw ants' in the genus Odontomachus - “Trap-jaw ants of this genus have the second-fastest moving predatory appendages within the animal kingdom”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontomachus
This message was edited Sep 25, 2023 4:36 PM
Yikes, thank you. Excellent information as always.
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