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Dorymyrmex

is a soil-nesting dolichoderine ant abundant in the warmer climates of the New World, particularly in open and arid habitats. Nests of these active, alert insects are usually marked by a characteristic volcano-shaped nest entrance.

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alexwild > Dorymyrmex bicolor

Solano County, California, USA

alexwild > Dorymyrmex bicolor workers scavenge the carcass of a harvester ant.

Willcox, Arizona, USA.

alexwild > Dorymyrmex bicolor at their nest entrance.

Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA

alexwild > Dorymyrmex bossutus is a mimic of the common big-headed ant Pheidole dentata.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Dorymyrmex bossutus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Dorymyrmex bossutus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Myrmecologists often use baits to study the ecology of ant species. Here, Dorymyrmex bureni feed at a honey bait.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > The distinctive conical nest entrance of Dorymyrmex bureni. The varying colors of soil particles result from the ants digging down through different soil layers.

Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

alexwild > Dorymyrmex bureni workers carry bits of excavated sand out from deep in their underground nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

The distinctive conical nest entrance of Dorymyrmex bureni. The varying colors of soil particles result from the ants digging down through different soil layers.

Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

> The distinctive conical nest entrance of Dorymyrmex bureni. The varying colors of soil particles result from the ants digging down through different soil layers.

Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

The distinctive conical nest entrance of Dorymyrmex bureni. The varying colors of soil particles result from the ants digging down through different soil layers.

Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

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Keywords: ants nest insect insects soil hymenoptera ecology formicidae dolichoderinae bureni dorymyrmex conomyrma

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