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Original - Meat-eater ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus) working cooperatively to devour a cicada (possibly Psaltoda moerens however damage to the victim makes a definite identification difficult to confirm). The cicada is approximately 60-70mm long, the ants are approximately 15mm long.
Reason
A little gross perhaps, but good EV and good quality. DOF is shallowish, but about as good as possible for a single shot macro. The main focus is well placed, showing the ants feeding around the head in a variety of positions, especially the one on top munching into the empty eye-socket.
Articles in which this image appears
Meat ant, Ant, Predation
Creator
jjron

Promoted File:Ants eating cicada, jjron 22.11.2009.jpgMaedin\talk 07:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]