Technomyrmex jocosus, trail on Eucalyptus trunk. Nhill, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Ant communication

gallery pages: < 1 2 3 4 5 6 >

< 38 of 49 >

Friend or foe? Two Wasmannia auropunctata meet on a foraging trail and briefly assess each other. Ants from different colonies will attack each other, but these two are nestmates and let each other pass.

Gamboa, Panama

Technomyrmex jocosus, trail on Eucalyptus trunk.

Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Anonychomyrma sp.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

A busy trail of velvety tree ants (Liometopum occidentale).

Solano County, California, USA

Liometopum apiculatum workers in alarm posture.

Portal, Arizona, USA

A busy trail of Odorous House Ants, Tapinoma sessile. The trail is maintained by a chemical laid down by ants as they pass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical signals among each other, and research has shown that trophallaxis helps the colony maintain a cohesive identifying odor.

Wisconsin, USA

A column of Eciton rapax, the largest Eciton species, marches across the Amazonian forest floor.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Eciton rapax has the largest workers of any Eciton species. These handsome insects are specialist predators on the brood of ponerine hunting ants.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Technomyrmex jocosus, trail on Eucalyptus trunk.

Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Technomyrmex jocosus, trail on Eucalyptus trunk.

Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Technomyrmex jocosus, trail on Eucalyptus trunk.

Nhill, Victoria, Australia

Original size: 3076x2052 |

Current: 800x534 |

Share photo: links, forums, blogs |

Keywords: ant bugs ants trails insects caste hymenoptera recruitment formicidae dolichoderinae black ants worker ants pheromones ant trail monomorphic technomyrmex technomyrmex jocosus

gallery pages: < 1 2 3 4 5 6 >

< 38 of 49 >

Comments

|

all images and text © Alex Wild 2001-2013

Available Feeds

Gallery Photos:

Atom |

RSS