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Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Aphaenogaster picea

South Bristol, New York, USA

A nest maintenance worker carries soil excavated from deep within the nest (Aphaenogaster longiceps).

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Aphaenogaster mariae workers recruit to honey smeared across a tree trunk as bait.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Some plants have come to rely so heavily on ants to spread their seeds about that they offer the insects a tasty treat in exchange for the dispersal service. Seeds of these species bear a lipid-filled structure called an elaiosome, whose sole function appears to be the attraction of ants.

Here, Aphaenogaster disperse bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) seeds.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

An Apterostigma forager carries a bit of debris back to her nest.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A Texas Leafcutter Ant (Atta texana) carrying a leaf back to her nest, where it will be fodder for the fungus that sustains the ants.

Austin, Texas, USA

Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA

A large Atta sexdens worker cuts through a leaf while a smaller worker guards against the overzealous photographer.

Captive colony at the University of Texas

Major and minor workers of Atta cephalotes demonstrating the size extremes among worker ants in a single leafcutter ant colony.

Captive colony at the University of Illinois

Aphaenogaster picea

South Bristol, New York, USA

Aphaenogaster picea

South Bristol, New York, USA

Aphaenogaster picea

South Bristol, New York, USA

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Keywords: bugs ants worker insect insects larvae hymenoptera metamorphosis picea formicidae myrmicinae aphaenogaster ant brood aphaenogaster picea

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