Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Leptomyrmex rufipes.  A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body. 

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Camponotus semitestaceus

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
Leptomyrmex rufipes.  A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body. 

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex rufipes.  A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body. 

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Camponotus semitestaceus

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
Leptomyrmex rufipes. A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex rufipes.  A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body. 

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Leptomyrmex rufipes. A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
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