Tapinoma sessile tending aphids on bergamot while a parasitic wasp (Braconidae: Aphidiinae) slips in to lay eggs in the aphids.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A Myrmecophilus ant cricket in a nest of Crematogaster lineolata.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A Myrmecophilus ant cricket in a nest of Crematogaster lineolata.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
A Myrmecophilus ant cricket in a nest of Crematogaster lineolata.

Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA
An Ophiocordyceps fungus sprouts from a Camponotus carpenter ant.

Armenia, Belize
Lasius neoniger nests are often marked by a pile of excavated soil.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
In exchange for protection, swollen-thorn Acacia trees provide Pseudomyrmex ants with food and shelter.  Here an ant feeds from a leaf nectary. (Pseudomyrmex spinicola)

Chiriqui, Panama
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Tapinoma sessile tending aphids on bergamot while a parasitic wasp (Braconidae: Aphidiinae) slips in to lay eggs in the aphids.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tapinoma sessile tending aphids on bergamot while a parasitic wasp (Braconidae: Aphidiinae) slips in to lay eggs in the aphids.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tapinoma sessile tending aphids on bergamot while a parasitic wasp (Braconidae: Aphidiinae) slips in to lay eggs in the aphids.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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