Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia
Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia
A Camponotus melanoticus worker carries a bit of soil from an excavation deep in her nest.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia
A Camponotus crassus worker drinks from a sugar bait. 

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Camponotus crassus

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Camponotus lespesii is one of the largest South American members of the genus.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Myrmelachista ruszkii nests in the hollowed-out center of twigs and branches.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Myrmelachista ruszkii

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia
Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia
Camponotus nigriceps - sugar ant. This image is a focused-stacked composite of 110 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Victoria, Australia
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