BK24 vs. Izula

[grinter]

No, it's not a comparison of ESEE's fine knife with the all time great BK24.
It's an actual izula ant, a bullet ant, checking out my knife.
Beautiful creatures, but they hurt like !!!!!! (..got stung once, and now they make me very nervous).

..and here is closer shot of the ant (still slightly out of focus):

 

[DerekH]

That is pretty cool!

 

[19-3ben]

You got me. I fell for it hook line and sinker. Well done.

 

[Mike McCarter]

Ya got me, too! Haha.

 

[jackal_727]

Nice picture. I gotta admit, clicking on this my first thought was "haven't we hashed this out already?" lol.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Where are you that you got that picture???? Its pretty awesome G grinter

 

[grinter]

The photo is from a few months ago in Manu, Peru.
As, I mentioned recently in another thread, the D2 of the BK24 hold up very nicely to tropical humidity (and sap, and mud, and sweat, and deet).
By the way, if you ever find yourself wondering, "is this an izula/bullet ant/bala/Paraponera clavata?" the second photo shows the yellow hairs on the front legs and the fiddle shaped abdomen characteristic of the species.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Thanks G grinter And i thought growing up with Florida fireants was bad lol

 

[cEdge]

Not at all what I was expecting. Thanks for sharing!

 

[DavidCAndersen]

TL;DR

IZULA2FTW!!!

 

[grinter]

TL;DR

IZULA2FTW!!!

I hear that the izula 2 has a longer abdomen.

 

[V84mystang]

Way cool!!!

Even still, I’d carry that Eskabar around before I’d carry that Izula!

 

[BRL]

Neat thread but please dear lord do not post a BK13/Candiru photo.

 

[grinter]

Neat thread but please dear lord do not post a BK13/Candiru photo.

There's and idea!... I might have to start carrying around a little 13, just in case the opportunity presents itself.