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
Portrait of a hairy crazy ant Nylanderia sp. nr. pubens.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Portrait of a hairy crazy ant Nylanderia sp. nr. pubens.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries. Here, a worker carries a pupa.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries. Here, a worker carries a pupa.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries. Here, a worker carries a pupa.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Tapinoma melanocephalum - ghost ant
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries. Here, a worker carries a pupa.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries. Here, a worker carries a pupa.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Technomyrmex difficilis, the white-footed ant, has spread around the world with commerce and is now common in many tropical countries. Here, a worker carries a pupa.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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