Monomorium minimum
Ants often collect nectar from flowers, but they generally make poor pollinators compared to flying insects. This little black ant has picked up a few pollen grains as it vists a black foot daisy. Austin, Texas, USA.
Monomorium floricola
Among the most common arboreal ants in tropical gardens worldwide is Monomorium floricola, a tiny species that has travelled the world with commerce. This colony is nesting in a hollow twig. Armenia, Cayo District, Belize.
Monomorium kiliani
On a cold winter day, a worker ant slowly forages across a rotting log. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia.
Brood nest. High Falls State Park, Georgia, USA.
A colony of little black ants, Monomorium minimum, with multiple queens. High Falls State Park, Georgia, USA.
Monomorium minimum maintenance workers carry excavated soil from their nest. Sand Ridge State Forest, Illinois, USA
This African Monomorium nests in the hollow center of dead twigs. Kibale forest, Uganda
Monomorium sp.
Kibale forest, Uganda
A busy trail of Monomorium pharaonis pharaoh ants. This species is now among the most pesty house-inhabitating ants worldwide. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Monomorium pharaonis
A busy trail of pharaoh ants. This species is now among the most pesty house-inhabitating ants worldwide. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Monomorium rubriceps Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Monomorium sydneyense
Queen and workers in the nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Queen and worker ants in the nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Monomorium rubriceps
Monomorium minimum, the little black ant. Glen O. Jones Lake, Illinois, USA
Monomorium dichroum
Panama City, Panama
Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants. This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region. Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama. Isla Contadora, Panama
Monomorium rothsteini
A worker ant removes a heavy stone from the nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Foraging worker brings a seed back to her nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Queen and workers in the brood nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Monomorium sp. workers carrying sand grains from an excavation deep in their nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
The stark coloration and broad post-petiole indicate these indoor pest ants are Monomorium dichroum. Panama City, Panama
Monomorium sydneyense queen and workers in the brood nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Monomorium ergatogyna
Monomorium ergatogyna worker ant showing the typical alarm response: gaster raised and waving about a droplet of venom on an extruded stinger. Grass Valley, California, USA
Monomorium ergatogyna queen and workers. Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA
Queen and her daughter workers. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Monomorium rothsteini, worker removing a heavy stone from the nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Worker ants tending a mealybug. Isla Contadora, Panama
Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
