Portrait of a little Nesomyrmex worker ant.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A Nesomyrmex worker forages on a tree trunk in central Colombia.

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
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
Oxyepoecus reticulatus worker in a rotting log.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A Nesomyrmex worker forages on a tree trunk in central Colombia.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A Nesomyrmex worker forages on a tree trunk in central Colombia.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A Nesomyrmex worker forages on a tree trunk in central Colombia.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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