Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus weissi inhabits narrow tunnels carved into tree bark.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
A Camponotus textor leaf nest at the edge of a forest fragment in Colombia's Cordillera Oriental. Nests of this weaver ant are constructed from leaves bound together with silk spun by larvae.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Myrmelachista ruszkii nests in the hollowed-out center of twigs and branches.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Myrmecologist Ricardo Solar illuminates a large Azteca carton nest on the campus of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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