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 Ant or wasp ?
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| LordV |
Posted on 15-10-2008 19:44
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Member Location: Posts: 673 Joined: 06.09.05 |
About 6mm long sitting on my car South Coast UK - taken a few days ago . Brian V.   |
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| Martin Suvak |
Posted on 15-10-2008 21:15
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 51 Joined: 02.11.06 |
Male of Myrmica sp. (Formicidae), I would say. A more detailed photo could help to estimate even a species. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 15-10-2008 22:44
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Seems to confirm the opinions on hymIS forum which thought it was M.graminicola (M) |
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| Martin Suvak |
Posted on 16-10-2008 00:08
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 51 Joined: 02.11.06 |
Roger is probably right, though male of Myrmecina graminicola should not surpass 4 mm and scapus should be shorter then first two funicular segments together. But coloration and dark wings seem to be typical for M.graminicola, the antenae are seen from angle and the size of 6 mm is probably overestimated. So I am sorry for the previous wrong estimate of Myrmica, at least myrmicine ant is sure  . |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 16-10-2008 00:37
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Getting past which species this is, which camera and lense are you using. Great photo's-look better on hymIS with larger images. Regards Roger |
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| LordV |
Posted on 16-10-2008 06:51
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Member Location: Posts: 673 Joined: 06.09.05 |
Thanks for the comments again - looks like an ant then  Roger I use a canon 40D DSLR with an MPE-65 lens but I also very carefully use a technique called focus stacking to increase the DOF where I can. More info here http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/66514/ It's possible the size is wrong - Just did a more accurate measurement at 3.4mm - apologies for that. Brian Valentine |
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