Dolichoderus lutosus is among the smaller and more commonly encountered members of its genus in South America. Here, workers come and go at the colony's nest entrance.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Camponotus cingulatus

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Nothomyrmecia macrops

Poochera, South Australia
Nothomyrmecia macrops

Poochera, South Australia
Nothomyrmecia macrops, queen

Poochera, South Australia
Messor lariversi carrying a seed back to her nest.  Night-active species are often lighter in color than their day-active counterparts.

Sand Springs Dune, Nevada, USA
Messor lariversi carrying a seed back to her nest.  Night-active species are often lighter in color than their day-active counterparts.

Sand Springs Dune, Nevada, USA
Messor lariversi.  Harvester ants are not strictly seed-eaters, and they will scavenge dead insects when they can.  Here, a nocturnal harvester ant has discovered the carcass of an aquatic corixid bug.

Sand Springs Dune, Nevada, USA
Messor lariversi carrying a seed back to her nest.  Night-active species are often lighter in color than their day-active counterparts.

Sand Springs Dune, Nevada, USA
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