A mass of fighting Tetramorium pavement ants along a territorial boundary turns the sand black with bodies. Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Tetramorium

is a genus of small- to medium-sized myrmicine ants whose considerable diversity is centered in the old world. Several species have been transported extensively with human commerce, including the common European pavement ant, now among the most abundant insects in temperate North American cities.

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The happenings of the insect world play out mostly unnoticed by people. Here, two colonies of Tetramorium pavement ants battle for territory along the shores of a midwestern reservoir.

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA

A mass of fighting Tetramorium pavement ants along a territorial boundary turns the sand black with bodies.

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA

Tetramorium "species E"- the pavement ant. This species was known as Tetramorium caespitum until recently, when detailed taxonomic and genetic work revealed that these common sidewalk ants were distinct from the Eurasian T. caespitum.

Fairport, New York, USA

Tetramorium pavement ants fight to determine the territorial boundary between two colonies. These fights are a regular feature of the biology of this species, often conspicuously staged on sidewalks and other places where this species occurs.

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA

Tetramorium "species E". This species was known as Tetramorium caespitum until recently, when detailed taxonomic and genetic work revealed that these common sidewalk ants were distinct from the Eurasian T. caespitum.

Champaign, Illinois, USA

Portrait of a Tetramorium pavement ant.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Neighboring nests of Tetramorium pavement ants often fight extended territorial battles as colonies expand in the spring. The unfortunate ant in the center has been outnumbered by ants from an opposing colony. (Tetramorium "species E")

Nixon, Nevada, USA

A territorial battle between two Tetramorium pavement ant nests.

Nixon, Nevada, USA

A mass of fighting Tetramorium pavement ants along a territorial boundary turns the sand black with bodies.

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA

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