Deviation Actions
Description
A Harvester ant of the genus Messor, probably the species Messor Structor (Latreille, 1798).
As we noticed under the previous posts (can be found below), the female species of this ant genus are divided into an oviparous queen and three castes. So, here we can see them: the workers (the smallest ants) and an intermediate workers form between workers and large-headed "soldiers".
This amazing difference inside one species or species' gender is called polymorphism.
See below:
The queen (winged young one, went outside to build a new anthill);
The soldier ant (has a big head and jaws not to fight, but to grind the grains);
The worker ants (their heads are not so big, and their sizes are smaller):
Shooting info:
📷 Nikon Z6II
🔭 Laowa 90mm f2.8 APO lens
🔍 Raynox DCR-250
💡 Light: Godox V1
⚪️ AKdiffuser
⚙️ ISO 100, 1/125, f8
🌏 Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 2024
📏 5–10 mm
handheld, live insects in-situ
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