Labidus coecus workers repair damage to a tunnel.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Labidus coecus workers repair damage to a tunnel.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Pheidole californica, a busy nest entrance.

Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, California, USA
A Meranoplus shield ant carries a bit of soil from a nest excavation.

Peebinga Conservation Park, South Australia
Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
Meranoplus shield ants working at the nest entrance.

Peebinga Conservation Park, South Australia
A Meranoplus shield ant carries a bit of soil from a nest excavation.

Peebinga Conservation Park, South Australia
Nylanderia phantasma is a delicate ant found only on sand ridges in central Florida.  This species is small, the color of sand, and active at night, appearing as ghostly forms gliding nearly imperceptibly among the sand grains.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
Pheidole californica, a busy nest entrance.

Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, California, USA
Pheidole californica, a busy nest entrance.

Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, California, USA
Pheidole californica, a busy nest entrance.

Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, California, USA
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