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Ant Architecture

Images of ant nests, trails, mounds, and other structures engineered by ants

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An inconspicuous nest mound of Kalathomyrmex emeryi along a sandy road in northern Argentina.

Los Reartes, Córdoba, Argentina

Lasius neoniger nests are often marked by a pile of excavated soil.

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Lasius pallitarsis brood nest inside a log. The galleries are constructed from carton, a wood pulp and fungal mix molded by the ants.

Sierra Nevada, California, USA

The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA

The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus ants are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA

Linepithema micans running through tunnels in their underground nest.

Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina

Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda

A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

A half meter underground, a small colony of Mycesoritis hartmanni cultivates their fungus in a garden hung from the chamber ceiling.

Smithville, Texas, USA

An inconspicuous nest mound of Kalathomyrmex emeryi along a sandy road in northern Argentina.

Los Reartes, Córdoba, Argentina

An inconspicuous nest mound of Kalathomyrmex emeryi along a sandy road in northern Argentina.

Los Reartes, Córdoba, Argentina

An inconspicuous nest mound of Kalathomyrmex emeryi along a sandy road in northern Argentina.

Los Reartes, Córdoba, Argentina

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Keywords: anthill formicidae myrmicinae ant nest attini ants nest ant hill fungus growing ant lower attines kalathomyrmex emeryi mycetophylax emeryi mycetophylax kalathomyrmex

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