On a busy afternoon foragers come and go from the hive.
Monomorium rubriceps

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Monomorium rubriceps

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Formica gnava foraging worker carrying a bark louse it has caught.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
Platythyrea turneri

Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Tetraponera sp.

Madagascar
Camponotus rosariensis ant tending scale insects for honeydew.  Notice that the younger scale insects have legs.  These first instar scale are more mobile than the older instars, which settle down once they find a good spot for feeding.

Frías, Santiago de Estero, Argentina
Trachymyrmex arizonensis

Portal, Arizona, USA
On a busy afternoon foragers come and go from the hive.
On a busy afternoon foragers come and go from the hive.
On a busy afternoon foragers come and go from the hive.
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