Camponotus sp. major worker.

Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Alarm posture in a Crematogaster emeryana acrobat ant, gaster held high and sting extruded.  Crematogaster ants do not actually use their stinger to sting; rather, the organ is instead employed as a brush to broadcast volatile chemical signals to nestmates and to smear defensive chemicals on attackers.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Alarm posture in a Crematogaster emeryana acrobat ant, gaster held high and sting extruded.  Crematogaster ants do not actually use their stinger to sting; rather, the organ is instead employed as a brush to broadcast volatile chemical signals to nestmates and to smear defensive chemicals on attackers.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Camponotus sp. major worker.

Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina
Camponotus sp. major worker.

Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina
Camponotus sp. major worker.

Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina
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