Throwback to when I met my first trapjaw #ant (Odontomachus brunneus) in South Alabama. She gave me a little kiss, but it would be weeks later until I got my first sting. Ponerine venom feels really different from myrmecine, don't you think?

At my last job, I would often have lunch right below a Pseudomyrmex gracilis twig #ant colony. I had to be quick and lucky to capture even a shaky video of this miniature #predator