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Formica integroides workers tending pine aphids. The ants obtain a large portion of their energy from symbiotic relationships with hemipterans such as these aphids. Sagehen Creek, California, USA
A minor worker of Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Camponotus are more dependent on honeydew-producing insects than are most other ant species, and their guts contain highly specialized microbes that help the ants thrive on the carbohydrate-rich diet. Archbold Biological Station, Florida
Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Camponotus floridanus is primarily a night-active species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida
Camponotus floridanus Archbold Biological Station, Florida
Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
This predatory Rhytidoponera worker has captured a caterpillar and is carrying it back to her nest. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
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