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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
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
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
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
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