A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A Myrmicocrypta worker carries excavated soil out of her nest.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva. 

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Camponotus punctulatus workers busy at the nest entrance.  This is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America.

Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina
Pogonomyrmex pima worker carrying excavated soil out of the nest.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Melophorus, a thermophilic genus native to Australia, contains some of the fastest ants in the world.

Poochera, South Australia
Nestmate transport in Camponotus nigriceps sugar ants. It is thought that ant colonies conserve energy by having one worker do the walking for two. 

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia.
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis workers carrying sand excavated from deep in the nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A disorderly pile of dirt marks the entrance of a small Meranoplus ant nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
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