Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Trachymyrmex pomonae

Portal, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex desertorum workers in the fungus garden.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex turrifex queen in the fungus garden.

Austin, Texas, USA
Trachymyrmex desertorum workers in the fungus garden.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex pomonae

Portal, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex desertorum. The tubercles covering the body are typical of this fungus-growing ant genus.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Sericomyrmex amabilis. An ant worker tends to brood in the fungus garden.  Note how the eggs and larvae are embedded within the fluffy white hyphae of the fungus.

Parque Soberania, Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Sericomyrmex amabilis. A fungus-growing ant worker carefully tends to a larva.  Note the other ant eggs and larvae that are embedded within the fluffy white hyphae of the fungus garden.

Parque Soberania, Panama; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
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