alexwild > Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva.

Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
alexwild > Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest.

Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
alexwild > Dorymyrmex sp., foraging worker

Ubujay, Entre Rios, Argentina
alexwild > A colony of Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants has discovered a beetle larva and arrive in large numbers to bring it back to their nest.

Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
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
Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva.

Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
alexwild > Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva.

Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva.

Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
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