Dorymyrmex insanus workers tending a treehopper for honeydew. Portal, Arizona, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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, while the ants themselves can be recognized by a characteristic upward-pointing tooth on the propodeum.

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Dorymyrex flavus workers carry bits of excavated soil out of their nest.

Brackenridge Field Lab, Texas, USA

Dorymyrmex insanus

Portal, Arizona, USA

An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Dorymyrmex insanus

Portal, Arizona, USA

Dorymyrmex insanus workers tending a treehopper for honeydew.

Portal, Arizona, USA

A nest of Dorymyrmex insanus.

MacLaughlin U.C. Reserve, California, USA

A mixed colony of a socially parasitic ant (Dorymyrmex reginicula, brown), and its host (Dorymyrmex elegans, yellow). Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after the parasite queen has assumed reproduction and before the last remaining host workers die off.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after the parasite queen has assumed reproduction and before the last remaining host workers die off. The transition period is not entirely smooth, as evidenced by this aggressive interaction.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Dorymyrmex insanus workers tending a treehopper for honeydew.

Portal, Arizona, USA

Dorymyrmex insanus workers tending a treehopper for honeydew.

Portal, Arizona, USA

Dorymyrmex insanus workers tending a treehopper for honeydew.

Portal, Arizona, USA

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Keywords: ants insect insects honeydew hymenoptera homoptera hemiptera ecology formicidae mutualism dolichoderinae planthopper membracidae insanus dorymyrmex conomyrma

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