Forelius mccooki workers taking nectar from a Cholla cactus in the Sonoran desert. Cacti provide nectar to attract ants, as some ant species help the plant by removing herbivorous insects. Tucson, Arizona, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Eciton hamatum workers on the trail.

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

Eciton rapax lacks the distinct solider caste that marks most other species of Eciton, but it does show variation in worker size.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Forelius mccooki workers taking nectar from a Cholla cactus in the Sonoran desert. Cacti provide nectar to attract ants, as some ant species help the plant by removing herbivorous insects.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A nest of Forelius nigriventris in the Paraguayan chaco.

Mcal. Estigarribia, Paraguay

Ectatomma tuberculatum workers tend to a membracid nymph.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Ectatomma brunneum

Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Forelius mccooki workers taking nectar from a Cholla cactus in the Sonoran desert. Cacti provide nectar to attract ants, as some ant species help the plant by removing herbivorous insects.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

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Keywords: cactus ants insect cacti insects nectar hymenoptera ecology opuntia formicidae nectaries dolichoderinae worker ants thermophiles extrafloral nectaries ant plants desert ants forelius maccooki little orange ants

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Worker Ants

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