Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
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
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Crematogaster ashmeadi

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Camponotus vitreus

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Camponotus aeneopilosus

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
Oecophylla smaragdina, the green tree ant of northern Australia.

Cape York Peninsula, Queenland, Australia
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