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alexwild > Formica argentea (the silver/grey ant) is a frequent host species for the 'slave-raiding' ant Polyergus breviceps (red). Here, I have disturbed a hibernating nest in early spring. The red Polyergus are slow to wake, but their skittish captives are active earlier in the season and come to life. Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
alexwild > A Lasius pallitarsis worker feeds the carcasses of fungus gnats to hungry larvae in the brood nest. This species is among the most abundant ants in the Sierra Nevada. Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
alexwild > Formica gnava foraging worker carrying a bark louse it has caught. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Nylanderia guatemalensis Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > This immature widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) has built her web across a harvester ant nest entrance where she can easily catch incoming and outgoing worker ants. Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
alexwild > Nylanderia bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
alexwild > Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites. Wisconsin, USA
alexwild > Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA
Formica argentea (the silver/grey ant) is a frequent host species for the 'slave-raiding' ant Polyergus breviceps (red). Here, I have disturbed a hibernating nest in early spring. The red Polyergus are slow to wake, but their skittish captives are active earlier in the season and come to life.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
alexwild > Formica argentea (the silver/grey ant) is a frequent host species for the 'slave-raiding' ant Polyergus breviceps (red). Here, I have disturbed a hibernating nest in early spring. The red Polyergus are slow to wake, but their skittish captives are active earlier in the season and come to life. Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
Formica argentea (the silver/grey ant) is a frequent host species for the 'slave-raiding' ant Polyergus breviceps (red). Here, I have disturbed a hibernating nest in early spring. The red Polyergus are slow to wake, but their skittish captives are active earlier in the season and come to life.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
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