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Trachymyrmex pomonae Portal, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex desertorum workers in the fungus garden. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex sp. worker carrying a bit of vegetative detritus as fodder for the fungus garden. Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Aurora del Palmar, Entre Rios, Argentina
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Fungus-growing ants use a variety of substrates to nourish their cultivars, but caterpillar frass is one of the richest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis fungus-growing ant. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis workers carrying sand excavated from deep in the nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Trachymyrmex are the closest relatives of the larger leafcutting ants. While they normally use dead vegetative debris to cultivate their fungus, these ants will sometimes use living plant matter. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis worker carrying sand excavated from deep in the nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex desertorum workers in the fungus garden. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Trachymyrmex are the closest relatives of the larger leafcutting ants. While they normally use dead vegetative debris to cultivate their fungus, these ants will sometimes use living plant matter.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Trachymyrmex are the closest relatives of the larger leafcutting ants. While they normally use dead vegetative debris to cultivate their fungus, these ants will sometimes use living plant matter. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Trachymyrmex are the closest relatives of the larger leafcutting ants. While they normally use dead vegetative debris to cultivate their fungus, these ants will sometimes use living plant matter.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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