Nylanderia fulva

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant.  Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest.

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 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
Nylanderia vividula

Davis, California, USA
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant.  Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Nylanderia terricola

Austin, Texas, USA
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. Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant.  Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest.

Isla Contadora, Panama
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