Crematogaster castanea tricolor St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Arboreal Ants: Life in the Treetops

In the warmer regions of the world, a rich and colorful ant fauna lives entirely in the trees.

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Tetraponera clypeata

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Tetraponera clypeata foundress queen inside an Acacia thorn.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pseudomyrmex simplex worker with larvae. This species is among the most common Pseudomyrmex from subtropical North America south to Argentina.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A basketball-sized carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor in an Acacia tree.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Along an arboreal trail in South Africa, Crematogaster castanea tricolor nestmates exchange a bit of food.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Nesomyrmex anduzei

Gamboa, Panama

An Anonychomyrma worker drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

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Keywords: workers black ant ants thorn backlight insect stem insects hymenoptera formicidae myrmicinae worker ant crematogaster acrobat ants acrobat ant crematogaster castanea crematogaster tricolor

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