Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Atta cephalotes. A small worker atop a leaf guards her sister against attacks by parasitic flies. Ants laden with cargo cannot use their mandibles for defense, so they carry hitchhikers to ward off the parasites.

Gamboa, Panama

Azteca alfari Cecropia ants sharing a moment...

Gamboa, Panama

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

A Calyptomyrmex piripilis worker rescues a larva when her nest is disturbed by the photographer. The function of the ornate, spatulate hairs is unknown.

Kibale forest, Uganda
(PSW16850)

A Camponotus melanoticus worker carries a bit of soil from an excavation deep in her nest.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia

Camponotus suffusus carrying a pupae through their colony's underground galleries.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

When threatened, a worker Camponotus sericeiventris tucks her gaster under her body, aiming the acid-ejecting acidopore forward at the perceived threat.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Atta cephalotes. A small worker atop a leaf guards her sister against attacks by parasitic flies. Ants laden with cargo cannot use their mandibles for defense, so they carry hitchhikers to ward off the parasites.

Gamboa, Panama

Canon EOS 20D |

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Original size: 3165x2250 |

Current: 800x569 |

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