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Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis crazy ants scavenging a trap-jaw ant carcass. Paratrechina group-transport their food, a rapid method, allowing them to secure resources before slower but more aggressive competing species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis feeding on plant sap. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Workers cooperate to bring a termite carcass back to their nest. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis - black crazy ant. Along a sun-soaked beach on a Panamanian island, ants drink from nectaries on the underside of a leaf. Many plants attract ants with nectaries, and the ants in return help remove the plant's herbivorous pests. Isla Contadora, Panama
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Paratrechina longicornis nestmate workers, their social stomachs engorged with sugar water.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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