Brachymyrmex patagonicus is a South American rover ant that is spreading rapidly across the southern and western United States. Here, workers feed from a honey bait. Tucson, Arizona, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

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A pair of Adetomyrma goblin dracula ants groom a larva.

Madagascar; captive lab colony photographed at the California Academy of Sciences

Brachymyrmex patagonicus is a South American rover ant that is spreading rapidly across the southern and western United States. Here, workers feed from a honey bait.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food.

Wisconsin, USA

Nestmate transport in Camponotus nigriceps sugar ants. It is thought that ant colonies conserve energy by having one worker do the walking for two.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia.

A column of sleek Cerapachys ruficornis. Notice that most of these ants carry small red mites on their bodies.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Alarm posture in a Crematogaster emeryana acrobat ant, gaster held high and sting extruded. Crematogaster ants do not actually use their stinger to sting; rather, the organ is instead employed as a brush to broadcast volatile chemical signals to nestmates and to smear defensive chemicals on attackers.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Ochetellus worker recruit to food. Ants in this subfamily often arrive in large numbers to resources, maintaining trails between their nest and persistent food source.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Brachymyrmex patagonicus is a South American rover ant that is spreading rapidly across the southern and western United States. Here, workers feed from a honey bait.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

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