Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

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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Cracking open a twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex ejectus. The elongate shape of these gracile insects allows them to maneuver in tight spaces.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

The life cycle of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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

Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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Keywords: insects hymenoptera queen ant formicidae twig ants pseudomyrmecinae ant queens pseudomyrmex twig ant gyne red and black ant pseudomyrmex gracilis wasp ant

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Pseudomyrmex

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