Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Ant Architecture

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

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Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

This ant nest- crafted from living leaves in an African forest- is held together by silk spun by the larvae. This unusual nesting habit has earned these insects (Oecophylla longinoda) the common names 'weaver ant' and 'tailor ant.'

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Pheidole sp., foraging trails worn into the ground.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Western harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis) make distinctive mound nests on the desert floor.

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA

A nest of harvester ants comes to life at dusk in urban Tucson. Pogonomyrmex rugosus.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A nest of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Notice the foraging trail leading away from the nest.

Nogales, Mexico

Pogonomyrmex barbatus nest.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

A film crew for a National Geographic documentary sets up a robotic camera on a nest of red harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

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Ant Architecture

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