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A colorful Camponotus worker carries a cocoon to safety when her nest is disturbed by the photographer. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A Camponotus textor forager pauses to groom herself. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Myrmelachista ruszkii nests in the hollowed-out center of twigs and branches. Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Myrmelachista ruszkii Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A nearly blind Acropyga goeldii worker ant tends to root-feeding mealybugs in an underground chamber. The ants depend on their hemipteran "cattle" for food, while the mealybugs are kept safe from predators and carried to new roots by their ant guards. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A nearly blind Acropyga goeldii worker ant tends to root-feeding mealybugs in an underground chamber. The ants depend on their hemipteran "cattle" for food, while the mealybugs are kept safe from predators and carried to new roots by their ant guards. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of a Camponotus sericeiventris soldier, one of the most recognizable ants in Central and South America. This species is a tree-dwelling insect that, remarkably, can glide back to a trunk when dislodged, steering with her flattened, aerodynamic legs. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus rufipes is among the most common ant species in parts of South America. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
When threatened, a worker Camponotus sericeiventris tucks her gaster under her body, aiming the acid-ejecting acidopore forward at the perceived threat. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of a Camponotus sericeiventris soldier, one of the most recognizable ants in Central and South America. This species is a tree-dwelling insect that, remarkably, can glide back to a trunk when dislodged, steering with her flattened, aerodynamic legs.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of a Camponotus sericeiventris soldier, one of the most recognizable ants in Central and South America. This species is a tree-dwelling insect that, remarkably, can glide back to a trunk when dislodged, steering with her flattened, aerodynamic legs. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of a Camponotus sericeiventris soldier, one of the most recognizable ants in Central and South America. This species is a tree-dwelling insect that, remarkably, can glide back to a trunk when dislodged, steering with her flattened, aerodynamic legs.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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