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This ant is from Madagascar, and is named Eutetramorium mocquerysi. The species is notable for having wingless queens that are indistinguishable from workers.
This image is composed of 400 pictures, and it's magnified 400x using a scanning electron microscope. The ant was given to us to image by Brian Fisher (http://www.calacademy.org/science/heroes/bfisher/) an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=mocquerysi&genus=eutetramorium&project=madants |
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Up until 2/10/2009, this GigaPan used to have as its title, "Rice University: Approaching Sunset in the Academic Quad." Afterwards, it was changed to something more appropriate since I discovered Brian Hasse, a baritone, practicing the main part in the wings :) And this happened in November! In mid-October when I took the Gigapan of Shu and Yi: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=10430, I alluded to the late-afternoon golden color of Lovett Hall and wrote that I would return. Well, this current Gigapan is an attempt at doing this, however, I still did not capture the color I really wanted... it appeared about 5-10 minutes after I completed this large panorama. Maybe in 2009, I will be able to pick a better moment. While I was taking this Gigapan, maybe 50 or so students walked by at one time or another. You do not see them because they had more important things on-their-plate to accomplish and so, at almost the very end of the panorama, I meet Brian, a Grad Student , a baritone in the Shepherd School of Music. I trust that he will be the first of many Shepherd students that will be in a Gigapan. Initially, a giant squirrel was wanting to play, but was camera shy and I did not capture its image close to the camera; however I see that as he wandered off, he decided to change his mind and give me a profile shot. Brian made note of the fact that the giant squirrel hangs-out around Valhalla, the main source of food for squirrels that wish to become giants, so, the Gigapan robot will be looking for him or her again. Shepherd School of Music presented Mozart's Don Giovanni for two performances: March 19th and March 21st 2009 in Stude Hall in Alice Pratt Brown Hall to great acclaim. |
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This is a head shot of the ant Eutetramorium mocquerysi which is found in Madagascar and is notable for having wingless queens that are indistinguishable from workers. This image is magnified 400x and is composed of 175 individual pictures. The ant was given to us to image by Brian Fisher (http://www.calacademy.org/science/heroes/bfisher/) an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=mocquerysi&genus=eutetramorium&project=madants |
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This ant is from the species Proceratium MG03 which is thought to be a specialized predator of spider eggs.
This Nano Gigapan is of the front view of the ants head. It is magnified 600x using a scanning electron microscope. The ant was given to us to image by Brian Fisher, an Entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. This Nano Gigapan is composed of 143 pictures. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=mg03&genus=proceratium&project=madants |
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This ant is from the species Strumigenys vazimba. These ants use their large head muscles to snap their mandibles close at high speed.
This picture is composed of 132 images stitched together. The ant is mangnified 500x using a scanning electron microscope. The ant was given to us to image by Brian Fisher, a scientist at the California Academy of Sciences. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=vazimba&genus=strumigenys&project=madants |
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This is another ant given to us to image by Brian Fisher (http://www.calacademy.org/science/heroes/bfisher/) an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. This is a frontal view, straight on of its head. The ant is magnified 200x using a scanning electron microscope. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take large pictures of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg |
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This is a side view of an ant magnified 500x using the scanning electron microscope. This sample was given to us by Brian Fisher, a scientist from the California Academy of Sciences.
This ant is from the species Proceratium MG03 which is thought to be a specialized predator of spider eggs. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=mg03&genus=proceratium&project=madants |
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An anaglyphic view or Brian's D7 Caterpillar in the back pasture. |