Bull ants are solitary foragers, hunting alone even though they live in colonies. Here, a worker Myrmecia nigriceps descends a tree trunk in a eucalypt woodland. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Megalomyrmex leoninus

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

The pharoah's ant Monomorium pharaonis is among the most persistent of indoor ant pests. These slender yellow ants characteristically form long foraging trails.

Panama City, Panama

Monomorium rubriceps

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Myrmecocystus honeypot ant species come in three basic color patterns, depending on the time of day that they forage. The orange/yellow species such as this M. navajo are nocturnal. These ants were photographed leaving their nest entrance to forage shortly after dusk.

Willcox, Arizona, USA

Myrmecia pilosula, the jack jumper ant, is noted for its sting. A higher percentage of people (up to 3% in some populations) are at risk of life-threatening allergic response to a jack-jumper sting than that of any other insect.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

Bull ants are solitary foragers, hunting alone even though they live in colonies. Here, a worker Myrmecia nigriceps descends a tree trunk in a eucalypt woodland.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Worker Ants

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