Muscidae
Identification
Location
UM Biological Station, Cheboygan Co., Michigan
Caption
A worker ant of the species Formica subsericea hauling a dead stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) back to its nest to feed the colony.
- Subject
- Behavior
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Female
- Behaviors
- Feeding Behaviors :: Capturing/Manipulating Prey
Contributors
Phil Myers (photographer; copyright holder), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Photo by Phil Myers. License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.