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Ants have trash workers, too! Here, a Dorymyrmex brunneus sanitation worker carries the empty carcass of a consumed prey insect out to the colony's midden pile. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina
Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest. Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Dorymyrmex sp., foraging worker Ubujay, Entre Rios, Argentina
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
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
Dorymyrmex bicolor workers scavenge the carcass of a harvester ant. Willcox, Arizona, USA.
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
A nest of Dorymyrmex insanus. MacLaughlin U.C. Reserve, California, USA
Ants have trash workers, too! Here, a Dorymyrmex brunneus sanitation worker carries the empty carcass of a consumed prey insect out to the colony's midden pile.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ants have trash workers, too! Here, a Dorymyrmex brunneus sanitation worker carries the empty carcass of a consumed prey insect out to the colony's midden pile. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ants have trash workers, too! Here, a Dorymyrmex brunneus sanitation worker carries the empty carcass of a consumed prey insect out to the colony's midden pile.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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