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alexwild > A basketball-sized carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor in an Acacia tree. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > An arboreal carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor. This nest is about the size of a softball. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ants guarding a nest entrance. This species has a painful sting and a much more aggressive temperment than most other Pseudomyrmex, an effective deterrent to large vertebrate herbivores. Chiriqui, Panama
alexwild > Not all of the thorns on a swollen-thorn Acacia house the ants' larvae, but those that do are heavily guarded. Here, Pseudomyrmex spinicola patrol a nest entrance, ready to use their stings if the photographer approaches too close. Chiriqui, Panama.
alexwild > Tetraponera clypeata St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Tetraponera clypeata nest inside the hollow thorn of an Acacia tree. The elongate form of these ants allows them to maneuver in such cramped quarters. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > The swollen thorns of this Panamanian Acacia tree house a colony of fierce Pseudomyrmex spinicola ants. Chiriqui, Panama
alexwild > Cutting open the surprisingly soft flesh of an Acacia thorn reveals larvae and pupae of the Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ant. Chiriqui, Panama.
alexwild > Friend or Foe? Two Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ant nestmates evaluate each other at the nest entrance. Panama City, Panama
A basketball-sized carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor in an Acacia tree.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > A basketball-sized carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor in an Acacia tree. St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
A basketball-sized carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor in an Acacia tree.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
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