Ponerine ant (Ponerini)

Ponerine ants like this live their lives in forest soils and feed on other arthropods.

Default ThumbnailFemale tiny parasitic wasp (Eupelmidae) with an interesting jumping mechanism crawling over tree bark-likely Anastatus hunting for stink bug eggs to lay its own eggs into Default ThumbnailFlies attracted to dead longhorn beetle-stilt-legged fly (Rainieria antennaepes) quickly leaves while several scuttle flies (Phoridae) feed on the carcass Default ThumbnailSouthern devil scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus) Default ThumbnailWrinkled grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote)

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Wrinkled grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote)

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