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Formica integroides workers tending pine aphids. The ants obtain a large portion of their energy from symbiotic relationships with hemipterans such as these aphids. Sagehen Creek, California, USA
Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
This predatory Rhytidoponera worker has captured a caterpillar and is carrying it back to her nest. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Nothomyrmecia macrops Poochera, South Australia
Nothomyrmecia macrops Poochera, South Australia
Nothomyrmecia macrops, queen Poochera, South Australia
Leptomyrmex rufipes workers cooperate to bring a grasshopper carcass back to their nest. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
A Leptomyrmex rufipes forager grasps the wing of a grasshopper carcass to drag it back to her nest. Ants are important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Strumigenys rogeri worker, foraging in the leaf litter. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
A Leptomyrmex rufipes forager grasps the wing of a grasshopper carcass to drag it back to her nest. Ants are important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
A Leptomyrmex rufipes forager grasps the wing of a grasshopper carcass to drag it back to her nest. Ants are important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
A Leptomyrmex rufipes forager grasps the wing of a grasshopper carcass to drag it back to her nest. Ants are important scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
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