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Ant Architecture

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

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A nest of Temnothorax longispinosus acorn ants.

South Bristol, New York, USA

Some ants adapt well to human landscapes. Here, a colony of Tetramorium sericeiventre makes itself at home under some patio bricks.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Arboreal Tetraponera nest in hollow spaces of twigs and branches. The ants' slender bodies allow them to maneuver in narrow spaces. (Tetraponera laeviceps).

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

The unique turret-shaped nest entrance of Trachymyrmex turrifex.

Austin, Texas, USA

The unique turret-shaped nest entrance of Trachymyrmex turrifex.

Austin, Texas, USA

Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. The winged ants are males.

Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas

Spires of cultivated fungus inside the nest of a Sericomyrmex amabilis ant colony.

Parque Soberania, Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas

A nest of Messor pergandei.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

A nest of Pheidole in the dry chaco.

Mcal. Estigarribia, Boquerón, Paraguay

A nest of Temnothorax longispinosus acorn ants.

South Bristol, New York, USA

A nest of Temnothorax longispinosus acorn ants.

South Bristol, New York, USA

A nest of Temnothorax longispinosus acorn ants.

South Bristol, New York, USA

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Keywords: acorn insects quercus formicidae myrmicinae ant nest ant colony ants nest temnothorax acorn ants temnothorax longispinosus forest insects

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