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3 July, 2009 (03:00) | Other science, Photos, Tech

Gigapan collection of electron-microscope images of an ant

Gigapan: Ant – Eutetramorium mocquerysi

This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things.

More at the Nano Gigapan blog

Also ant-related Mr. Ellis, Ant mega-colony takes over world

[I]t now appears that billions of Argentine ants around the world all actually belong to one single global mega-colony.

I, for one, welcome our new ant overlords, and want to disavow any connection with the Nano Gigapan pictures. I’m just the messenger.

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