Alex Wild Photography - Insect Images

Nylanderia

is a genus of small formicine ants with a worldwide distribution. Most species are generalist foragers that nest opportunistically in soil, leaf litter, and rotting wood. Human commerce has spread several pest species around the globe.

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alexwild > Nylanderia bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

alexwild > Nylanderia fulva

Buenos Aires, Argentina

alexwild > Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Nylanderia guatemalensis

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida. This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Nylanderia terricola

Austin, Texas, USA

Nylanderia bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Camera: Canon (Canon Eos 50d) |

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Keywords: ant ants insect insects ecology formicidae formicinae worker ant invasive species introduced species exotic species tramp ants nonnative ants ant on leaf nylanderia bourbonica paratrechina bourbonica

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