Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Camponotus gouldianus

Poochera, South Australia
Camponotus gasseri

Adelaide, South Australia
A Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) worker forages across a rotting log in an African coastal forest.  

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Manica bradleyi

Nevada County, California, USA
A Manica bradleyi forager has discovered the carcass of a Formica worker and is taking it back to her nest.  Ants often eat the remains of other ant species but will usually avoid consuming those of their own.

Nevada County, California, USA
Manica invidia

Sand Springs Dune, Nevada, USA
A Leptothorax calderoni worker ant forages in a meadow in California's Sierra Nevada.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
A Leptothorax calderoni worker ant forages in a meadow in California's Sierra Nevada.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
Myrmecocystus mimicus worker leaving the nest to forage.

Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA
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