Azteca

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Notice how the light bands on the waist provide the illusion of a narrow ant petiole.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
An Acropyga goeldii worker carries a mealybug.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Azteca

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Tetramorium bicarinatum feeding from an extrafloral nectary.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant.

Orlando, Florida, USA
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