Portrait of a Dolerus sawfly. These grass-feeding insects are among the first active early in the North American spring.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Harpegnathos sp. worker

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Solenopsis molesta - thief ant. Note the two-segmented antennal club, diagnostic for the genus.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Formica aserva, worker.

California, USA
Tetraponera merita

Madagascar
Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America.  This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug.

Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tetramorium "species E".  This species was known as Tetramorium caespitum until recently, when detailed taxonomic and genetic work revealed that these common sidewalk ants were distinct from the Eurasian T. caespitum. 

Champaign, Illinois, USA
Solenopsis invicta

Austin, Texas, USA
Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America.  This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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