Melissotarsus weissi

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Tetramorium pulcherrimum is a small, furry, forest-dwelling ant found in the rainforests of central Africa. Here, a forager explores the mossy microscape on top of a rotting log.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Tetramorium pulcherrimum is a small, furry, forest-dwelling ant found in the rainforests of central Africa.

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
Crematogaster pilosa is a slightly shaggy acrobat ant species found along the southeast coast of North America.

Virginia, USA
Crematogaster sp. tending to whitefly nymphs under a bamboo sheath.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Megalomyrmex leoninus

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Crematogaster sp. tending to whitefly nymphs under a bamboo sheath.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Crematogaster sp. tending to whitefly nymphs under a bamboo sheath.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Crematogaster sp. tending to whitefly nymphs under a bamboo sheath.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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