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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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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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California Academy of Sciences Living Roof |
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I can see individual leaf cutter ants, with leaves, on the vine in this image. |
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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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Looking at the Planetarium dome on the left, the central atrium, and the rainforest dome on the right |
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Taken from the education center balcony |
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