Eduard F. Niga Photography
for the love of the small world
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Bees
Mantis
Wasps
Spiders
Beetles
Buprestidae (jewel beetle)
Carabidae (ground beetle)
Cerambycidae (longhorn beetle)
Cetoniinae (flower beetle)
Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle)
Cicindelinae (tiger beetle)
Cleridae (checkered beetle)
Coccinellidae (ladybird beetle)
Curculionoidea (weevil beetle)
Elateridae (click beetles)
Elateroidea (soldier beetle)
Geotrupidae (earth-boring dung beetle)
Lucanidae (stag beetle)
Oedemeridae (false blister beetle)
Pyrochroidae (fire-coloured beetles)
Scarabaeidae (scarab beetle)
Staphylinidae (rove beetle)
Tenebrionidae (darkling beetle)
Earwigs
Flies
Ants
Ant – Faces
True bugs
Dragonfly & Damselfly
Fleas
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the Elements
Deer
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Hello and Welcome!!!
To introduce myself is easy.
I LOVE INSECTS
ants mostl
y, then tiger beetles, and then all beetles, and then bees, and wasps, and flies
and everything else that is too small to appreciate
Insecta
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Formicidae (ant)
Acromyrmex ambiguus - Uruguay
Acromyrmex echinatior - Costa Rica
Acromyrmex volcanus - Costa Rica
Amber ants
Aphaenogaster dulcinea
Aphaenogaster longiceps
Aphaenogaster senilis - Italy
Aphaenogaster subterranea - Germany
Atta cephalotes - Bolivia
Atta laevigata - Peru
Atta texana (Buckley, 1860)
Camponotus arnoldinus
Camponotus auriventris
Camponotus cf. barbaricus - Portugal
Camponotus cinctellus
Camponotus cosmicus
Camponotus cruentatus
Camponotus detritus - Namib Desert
Camponotus fedtschenkoi (Mayr, 1877)
Camponotus fulvopilosus - Namibia
Camponotus habereri
Camponotus herculeanus - Canada
Camponotus hybrid - South Africa
Camponotus japonicus - Japan
Camponotus laconicus - Greece
Camponotus ligniperda
Camponotus maculatus - Africa
Camponotus micans - Portugal
Camponotus nicobarensis - Southeast Asia
Camponotus nigriceps - Australia
Camponotus parius
Camponotus rufipes - Southamerica
Camponotus sericeiventris
Camponotus samius
Camponotus singularis - Southeast Asia
Camponotus sp - Zanzibar
Camponotus vagus
Camponotus vicinus
Cataglyphis bicolor - Sahara Desert
Cataglyphis bombycina - Sahara Desert
Cataulacus granulatus - Nepal
Cephalotes atratus
Cerapachys sulcinodis - Tibet
Colobopsis stricta - Malaysia
Colobopsis truncata - Greece
Crematogaster auberti - Portugal
Crematogaster scutellaris - Germany
Daceton armigerum - Northern South America
Diacamma rugosum - Borneo
Dinomyrmex gigas - Southeast Asia
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus - Germany
Dorylus laevigatus
Dorylus mayri - Ivory Coast
Dorylus (male) - Ivory Coast
Dorylus cf. savagei
Dorylus sp - Ivory Coast
Echinopla sp. - Malaysia
Eciton hamatum - Mexico
Eciton sp. - minor worker - Brasil
Formica cinerea
Formica rufa - UK
Formica sensu stricto - Romania
Gigantiops destructor - South America
Gnamptogenys bicolor - Myanmar
Harpegnathos saltator - India
Harpegnathos venator
Hypoponera punctatissima - Botswana, Africa
Iridomyrmex bicknelli
Iridomyrmex purpureus
Lasius alienus - UK
Lasius flavus - UK
Lasius niger
Manica rubida
Messor aciculatus
Messor arenarius
Messor barbarus - Northern Africa
Messor bouvieri - Portugal
Messor wasmanni - Greece
Myrmecia forceps
Myrmecia forficata - Australia
Myrmecia gulosa - Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis - Australia
Myrmecocystus mendax
Myrmecocystus mexicanus
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus navajo - Southern USA
Myrmicinae - Baltic amber - 40-50 million years
Myrmica rubra - UK
Myrmica sabuleti - UK
Myrmica scabrinodis - UK
Myrmicaria brunnea flava - Malaysia - Borneo Island
Myrmoteras binghamii - Myanmar
Neoponera verenae
Neoponera villosa - Texas
Novomessor cockerelli
Odontomachus cf. monticola - Asia
Odontomachus hastatus - South America
Odontoponera denticulata - New Guinea
Odontoponera transversa
Oecophylla smaragdina - Australia
Ooceraea biroi - Sri Lanka
Pachycondyla crassinoda
Pachycondyla impressa - South America
Pachycondyla succinea - extinct 45 million years
Paltothyreus tarsatus - Sub-Saharan Africa
Paraponera clavata - Nicaragua
Pheidole flaveria
Pheidole pallidula - Australia
Platythyrea lamellosa - male - Botswana
Plectroctena mandibularis - South Africa
Plectroctena strigosa - Kenya
Pogonomyrmex barbatus - USA
Pogonomyrmex maricopa
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Polyergus rufescens - Croatia
Polyrhachis beccarii - Borneo
Polyrhachis dives - Philipines
Polyrhachis gagates - Africa
Polyrhachis medusa - Tanzania
Polyrhachis schistacea - Southern Africa
Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853)
Rhytidoponera metallica - Australia
Solenopsis invicta - Brasil
Streblognathus aethiopicus - South Africa
Tetramorium caespitum impurum complex - Germany
Tetramorium semilaeve
![leaf-cutter ant [Acromyrmex volcanus] - Costa Rica5](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/acromyrmex-volcanus-costa-rica/cache/leaf-cutter-ant-Acromyrmex-volcanus-Costa-Rica5.jpg-nggid047142-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "leaf-cutter ant [Acromyrmex volcanus] - Costa Rica5")
![[Camponotus singularis] - Southeast Asia major worker](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/camponotus-singularis-southeast-asia/cache/Camponotus-singularis-Southeast-Asia-major-worker.jpg-nggid047190-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "[Camponotus singularis] - Southeast Asia major worker")
![carpenter ant [Camponotus sp] Zanzibar-2](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/camponotus-sp-zanzibar/cache/carpenter-ant-Camponotus-sp-Zanzibar-2.jpg-nggid047196-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "carpenter ant [Camponotus sp] Zanzibar-2")
![Sahara Desert ant [Cataglyphis bicolor] - Sahara Desert Africa](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/cataglyphis-bicolor-sahara-desert/cache/Sahara-Desert-ant-Cataglyphis-bicolor-Sahara-Desert-Africa.jpg-nggid047206-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "Sahara Desert ant [Cataglyphis bicolor] - Sahara Desert Africa")
![arboreal trap-jawed ant [Daceton armigerum] - Northern South America copy 3](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/daceton-armigerum-northern-south-america/cache/arboreal-trap-jawed-ant-Daceton-armigerum-Northern-South-America-copy-3.jpg-nggid047226-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "arboreal trap-jawed ant [Daceton armigerum] - Northern South America copy 3")
![queenless ant - [Diacamma rugosum] - Borneo-4](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/diacamma-rugosum-borneo/cache/queenless-ant-Diacamma-rugosum-Borneo-4.jpg-nggid047240-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "queenless ant - [Diacamma rugosum] - Borneo-4")
![jumping ant [Harpegnathos saltator] India-4](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/harpegnathos-saltator-india/cache/jumping-ant-Harpegnathos-saltator-India-4.jpg-nggid047286-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "jumping ant [Harpegnathos saltator] India-4")
![red bull ant [Myrmecia gulosa] - Australia-5](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/myrmecia-gulosa-australia/cache/red-bull-ant-Myrmecia-gulosa-Australia-5.jpg-nggid047318-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "red bull ant [Myrmecia gulosa] - Australia-5")
![bull ant [Myrmecia pyriformis] - Australia-2 copy](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/myrmecia-pyriformis-australia/cache/bull-ant-Myrmecia-pyriformis-Australia-2-copy.jpg-nggid047328-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "bull ant [Myrmecia pyriformis] - Australia-2 copy")
![trap-jaw [Odontomachus cf. monticola] copy](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/odontomachus-cf-monticola-asia/cache/trap-jaw-Odontomachus-cf.-monticola-copy.jpg-nggid047333-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "trap-jaw [Odontomachus cf. monticola] copy")
![trap-jaw - [Odontomachus hastatus] - South America](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/odontomachus-hastatus-south-america/cache/trap-jaw-Odontomachus-hastatus-South-America.jpg-nggid047341-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "trap-jaw - [Odontomachus hastatus] - South America")
![Weaver ant [Oecophylla smaragdina] - Western Australia](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/oecophylla-smaragdina-australia/cache/Weaver-ant-Oecophylla-smaragdina-Western-Australia.jpg-nggid047345-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "Weaver ant [Oecophylla smaragdina] - Western Australia")
![bullet ant [Paraponera clavata] Nicaragua-12](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/paraponera-clavata-nicaragua/cache/bullet-ant-Paraponera-clavata-Nicaragua-12.jpg-nggid047363-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "bullet ant [Paraponera clavata] Nicaragua-12")
![savana spiny sugar ant [Polyrhachis schistacea] - Southern Africa-2](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/polyrhachis-schistacea-southern-africa/cache/savana-spiny-sugar-ant-Polyrhachis-schistacea-Southern-Africa-2.jpg-nggid047375-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "savana spiny sugar ant [Polyrhachis schistacea] - Southern Africa-2")
![red imported fire ant [Solenopsis invicta] - Brasil](https://eddimage.com/wp-content/gallery/solenopsis-invicta-brasil/cache/red-imported-fire-ant-Solenopsis-invicta-Brasil.jpg-nggid047385-ngg0dyn-480x360x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg "red imported fire ant [Solenopsis invicta] - Brasil")
