The life cycle of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Images

Pseudomyrmex

is a largely tropical genus of elongate ants, usually arboreal, found throughout the warmer regions of the new world. Several Central American species have evolved complex and specialized relationships with the Acacia plants they inhabit.

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Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > The life cycle of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis. They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood. Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

alexwild > Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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Tucson, Arizona, USA

The life cycle of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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