Eurhopalothrix procera - a worker ant delicately handles a freshly-laid egg. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Eurhopalothrix

is a predaceous myrmicine genus found in soil and leaf litter in tropical wet forests around the world. Little is known about the biology of these cryptic ants.

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Breaking open a rotting log in an Australian rain forest reveals a nest of Eurhopalothrix procera.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Eurhopalothrix procera - a worker ant delicately handles a freshly-laid egg.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Eurhopalothrix procera with larva in the brood nest.

Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia

Eurhopalothrix procera with developing brood.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Eurhopalothrix procera - a worker ant delicately handles a freshly-laid egg.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

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Keywords: eggs cryptic ants eurhopalothrix procera basicerotini ant egg

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