An Anonychomyrma worker drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree. Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Anonychomyrma

is a forest-dwelling dolichoderine genus found from Malaysia to southern Australia. These medium-sized ants release a distinctive acrid odor when disturbed.

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Anonychomyrma scrutator worker foraging in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

Anonychomyrma sp.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Anonychomyrma ants warn the photographer to keep a distance.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Portrait of an Anonychomyrma worker ant.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

An Anonychomyrma worker drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Anonychomyrma workers aggressively defend the carcass of a carpenter ant they have found from would-be usurpers.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

Ants are dominant scavengers in most terrestrial ecosystems. Carcasses of other arthropods are quickly discovered and carried back to the nest. Here, Anonychomyrma workers cooperate to transport the body of a dead carpenter ant.

Harrietville, Vicotoria, Australia

An Anonychomyrma worker drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: digging working ants nature insect excavation formicidae dolichoderinae worker ants nest maintenance anonychomyrma rainforest ant black cocktail ants

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