Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Myrmecia nigrceps, the black-headed bull ant. The large eyes of these insects bestow excellent vision for an ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Myrmecocystus mexicanus. Honeypot ants have an unusual food storage system. Some members of each colony act as living receptacles known as "repletes", these ants become engorged with food and hang from the ceilings of chambers deep underground.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences

Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

Myrmecocystus mexicanus. Honeypot ants have an unusual food storage system. Some members of each colony act as living receptacles known as "repletes", these ants become engorged with food and hang from the ceilings of chambers deep underground.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences

Army ant colonies typically contain workers of many sizes, each specialized for a different task. Here a Nomamyrmex esenbeckii worker stands guard over a passing column.

Gamboa, Panama

Notoncus gilberti nocturnal forager resting on a Eucalyptus trunk.

Poochera, South Australia

Notoncus ectatommoides

Bright, Victoria, Australia

The taxonomy of the hairy crazy ant Nylanderia sp. is not yet settled, and the pest species is referred to variously as Nylanderia fulva, Nylanderia pubens, and Nylanderia nr. pubens.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil

Odontomachus chelifer is the largest trap-jaw ant species in South America.

Aragua, Venezuela

Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA

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