A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
The carton nest of an Azteca trigona -complex species hangs from a tree branch.

Gamboa, Panama
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest.  Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest.

Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest.  Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest.

Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest.  The winged ants are males.

Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Pheidole sp., foraging trails worn into the ground.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Overdispersed nest mounds of Camponotus termitarius, an emerging pest of pastures and old agricultural fields in northern Argentina.

Perdices, Entre Rios, Argentina
The carton nest of an Azteca trigona -complex species hangs from a tree branch.

Gamboa, Panama
The carton nest of an Azteca trigona -complex species hangs from a tree branch.

Gamboa, Panama
A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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