Forelius pruinosus workers warm themselves on a cool spring morning under a sun-exposed stone.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
Inside the leaf nest of Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants. Note the two size classes of worker.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Inside the leaf nest of Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants. Note the two size classes of worker.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Inside the leaf nest of Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants. Note the two size classes of worker.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (nests)
Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (nest)
A nest of Nylanderia querna in the leaf litter, hidden away in a rotting acorn. The winged individuals are males.

Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
Nests of the seed-harvesting ant Aphaenogaster albisetosa are large and conspicuous.

Green Valley, Arizona, USA
Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) sp.  This weaver ant colony has made a nest by folding a leaf and sealing the open ends with silk and debris.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Forelius pruinosus workers warm themselves on a cool spring morning under a sun-exposed stone.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
Forelius pruinosus workers warm themselves on a cool spring morning under a sun-exposed stone.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
Forelius pruinosus workers warm themselves on a cool spring morning under a sun-exposed stone.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
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