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Worker Nylanderia faisonensis scramble to carry brood to safety when the photographer disturbs their nest. Gainesville, Florida, USA
The 21 most common pest ants in North America.
The 21 species photographed here are the most common ants encountered by pest control operators in North America. Not all species are found in all regions, however. Original file is 3,969 pixel-width and can be printed to small poster size; individual ants are between 200 and 600 pixels, depending on the species.
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis crazy ants scavenging a trap-jaw ant carcass. Paratrechina group-transport their food, a rapid method, allowing them to secure resources before slower but more aggressive competing species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis feeding on plant sap. Isla Contadora, Panama
Worker Nylanderia faisonensis scramble to carry brood to safety when the photographer disturbs their nest.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Worker Nylanderia faisonensis scramble to carry brood to safety when the photographer disturbs their nest. Gainesville, Florida, USA
Worker Nylanderia faisonensis scramble to carry brood to safety when the photographer disturbs their nest.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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