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 - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Trachymyrmex septentrionalis workers carrying sand excavated from deep in the nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis worker carrying sand excavated from deep in the nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Trachymyrmex pomonae

Portal, Arizona, USA

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

A colorful Calomyrmex laevissimus worker forages along a leaf in an Australian rainforest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

A Calomyrmex albertisi worker forages along the forest floor.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

Leptomyrmex rufipes. A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

An absconding Leptomyrmex darlingtoni worker climbs a small bush with a larva after the photographer has disturbed her nest at the base of the bush. A number of ant species display this absconding behavior upon nest disturbance, possibly as a defense against attacks by subterranean army ants.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

Meranoplus unicolor. An Australian harvester ant carries a seed back to her nest.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

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

Canon EOS 20D |

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Original size: 3504x2332 |

Current: 800x533 |

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Keywords: ants insect insects hymenoptera formicidae myrmicinae pests invasive species wasmannia auropunctata little fire ant wasmannia tropical ants little fire ants electric ants ant trails pheromones

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Worker Ants

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