A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Crematogaster

is an abundant, ecologically diverse myrmicine genus found worldwide. These ants- sometimes called "Acrobat Ants"- are easily recognized by their unusual heart-shaped gasters.

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Crematogaster acrobat ants feeding from the nectaries of a Heliconia flower.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador

Crematogaster acrobat ant workers taking nectar from a lily.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Crematogaster sp.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

Portrait of an Australian acrobat ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Crematogaster sp. tending to whitefly nymphs under a bamboo sheath.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia

This Crematgaster colony was nesting under a bamboo sheath. Notice the body of a dead Neoponera among the larvae. Ants routinely consume the scavenged bodies of other species.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia

Inside a carton shed, a Crematogaster acrobat ant gathers honeydew from scale insects.

Kibale forest, Uganda

A Crematogaster acrobat ant worker tends eucalypt scale insects for honeydew.

Harrietville, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: ecology symbiosis crematogaster pseudococcidae scale insects coccoidea

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Crematogaster

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