Monomorium pharaonis - pharaoh ant.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
The pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis is an African species that is now among the most pesty house-inhabitating ants worldwide.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis drinks from a droplet of spilled sugar water.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
The pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis is an African species that is now among the most pesty house-inhabitating ants worldwide.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
The pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis is an African species that is now among the most pesty house-inhabitating ants worldwide.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Friend or foe? Two Monomorium pharaonis worker ants briefly touch antennae along a pheromone trail.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis drinks from a droplet of spilled sugar water.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
The pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis is an African species that is now among the most pesty house-inhabitating ants worldwide.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Friend or foe? Two Monomorium pharaonis worker ants briefly touch antennae along a pheromone trail.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Monomorium pharaonis - pharaoh ant.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Monomorium pharaonis - pharaoh ant.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Monomorium pharaonis - pharaoh ant.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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