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Tapinoma sessile - odorous house ant, queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A queen and worker Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Córdoba, Argentina
Technomyrmex andrei is a leggy, colorful ant. Kibale Forest, Uganda
Dolichoderus lutosus Armenia, Belize
Dolichoderus bispinosus is among the most common and widespread ants in the Neotropics. Armenia, Belize
An old Azteca guard stands alert along a tree trunk in a Colombian forest. Note the missing antennal segments, a sign of past battles. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Ants won't often eat members of their own species, but they are happy to consume the dead bodies of other types of ants. Here, fiesty little Azteca ants cooperate to lug the remains of a leafcutter ant worker back to their nest, where it will be fed to the developing larvae. Potrerillo, Tolima, Colombia
Dolichoderus lutosus is among the smaller and more commonly encountered members of its genus in South America. Here, workers come and go at the colony's nest entrance. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A pair of Dolichoderus quadrimaculatus foragers gather the remains of a rainforest katydid killed the preceding night by a rodent, as well as rodent feces left at the site. Ants provide a full-service waste removal system for many ecosystems. Jatun Sacha Reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Ants won't often eat members of their own species, but they are happy to consume the dead bodies of other types of ants. Here, fiesty little Azteca ants cooperate to lug the remains of a leafcutter ant worker back to their nest, where it will be fed to the developing larvae.

Potrerillo, Tolima, Colombia
Ants won't often eat members of their own species, but they are happy to consume the dead bodies of other types of ants. Here, fiesty little Azteca ants cooperate to lug the remains of a leafcutter ant worker back to their nest, where it will be fed to the developing larvae. Potrerillo, Tolima, Colombia
Ants won't often eat members of their own species, but they are happy to consume the dead bodies of other types of ants. Here, fiesty little Azteca ants cooperate to lug the remains of a leafcutter ant worker back to their nest, where it will be fed to the developing larvae.

Potrerillo, Tolima, Colombia
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