alexwild > An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Dorymyrmex bicolor workers scavenge the carcass of a harvester ant.

Willcox, Arizona, USA.
alexwild > Myrmecologists often use baits to study the ecology of ants in the field.  Here, Dorymyrmex bureni feed at a honey bait.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > A nest of Dorymyrmex insanus.

MacLaughlin U.C. Reserve, California, USA
alexwild > Dorymyrex flavus workers carry bits of excavated soil out of their nest.

Brackenridge Field Lab, Texas, USA
alexwild > Dorymyrmex insanus workers tending a treehopper for honeydew.

Portal, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Portait of  virgin queen Dorymyrmex insanus.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Dorymyrmex elegans is one of North America's rarest and most beautiful ants.  These slender orange insects are endemic to the endangered sand ridge habitats of central Florida. 

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
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