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Cephalotes pusillus inhabits pre-existing cavities in larger sticks and branches. These spaces are typically carved by larvae of wood-boring beetles. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Strumigenys zeteki, foraging worker. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cephalotes maculatus is among the smallest species of turtle ant. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cephalotes pusillus - turtle ant, major worker. The deep recesses on the head (the "scrobes") allow the ant to fully retract her delicate antennae. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cephalotes maculatus Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of an Atta laevigata leafcutter ant soldier. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Wasmannia sulcaticeps Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
With so much attention focused on the economically important Wasmannia auropunctata, it is easy to forget the genus contains several less publicized and less common species. This photograph shows a nest of Wasmannia sulcaticeps in the Brazilian cerrado. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Her nest disturbed by the photographer, a Solenopsis thief ant worker exudes a droplet of venom on her stinger and waves it in the air. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
With so much attention focused on the economically important Wasmannia auropunctata, it is easy to forget the genus contains several less publicized and less common species. This photograph shows a nest of Wasmannia sulcaticeps in the Brazilian cerrado.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
With so much attention focused on the economically important Wasmannia auropunctata, it is easy to forget the genus contains several less publicized and less common species. This photograph shows a nest of Wasmannia sulcaticeps in the Brazilian cerrado. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
With so much attention focused on the economically important Wasmannia auropunctata, it is easy to forget the genus contains several less publicized and less common species. This photograph shows a nest of Wasmannia sulcaticeps in the Brazilian cerrado.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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