A gallery of Cephalotes turtle ants.
I've been photographing ants for over two decades, and I still haven't managed to shoot even 20% of the species in one of my favorite genera.
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Cephalotes - Alex Wild
is a diverse genus of heavily-armored, tree-dwelling myrmicine ants found in forested regions of the new world tropics and subtropics. A number of canopy species show the unusual habit of controlled gliding flight when knocked from tree branches. Most species are polymorphic, having a soldier caste with an enlarged head used for blocking the nest entrances as a living door.
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