Melissotarsus weissi inhabits narrow tunnels carved into tree bark.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Strumigenys lujae tending to larvae in the nest.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Strumigenys lujae tending to larvae in the nest.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Strumigenys lujae tending to larvae in the nest.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
This Crematgaster colony was nesting under a bamboo sheath. Notice the body of a dead Neoponera among the larvae. Ants routinely consume the scavenged bodies of other species.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Camponotus crassus

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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