Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests. Isla Contadora, Panama - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Paratrechina

is a formicine genus known for a single species, the black crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis, that has become a pest in warmer regions worldwide.

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Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Paratrechina longicornis feeding on plant sap.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Paratrechina longicornis crazy ants scavenging a trap-jaw ant carcass. Paratrechina group-transport their food, a rapid method, allowing them to secure resources before slower but more aggressive competing species.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Paratrechina longicornis, the black crazy ant.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Paratrechina longicornis black crazy ants feeding from an extrafloral nectary.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Paratrechina longicornis, the black crazy ant. This species is easily recognizable by the long appendages and the thick white hairs on the body.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests.

Isla Contadora, Panama

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