Portrait of Tetraponera mocquerysi, one of the more common members of its genus across equatorial Africa.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Tetraponera mocquerysi, foraging worker.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Tetraponera mocquerysi, foraging worker.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Portrait of Tetraponera mocquerysi, one of the more common members of its genus across equatorial Africa.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Pseudomyrmex peperi is an obligate Acacia inhabitant. Here, a worker gathers a lipid-rich Beltian body from a leaf tip. The plant feeds the ants in exchange for protection from herbivores and competing plants.

Armenia, Belize
Pseudomyrmex peperi is an obligate Acacia inhabitant. Here, a worker gathers a lipid-rich Beltian body from a leaf tip. The plant feeds the ants in exchange for protection from herbivores and competing plants.

Armenia, Belize
The brightly-colored Pseudomyrmex boopis.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Pseudomyrmex termitarius is odd for a Pseudomyrmex in its soil-nesting habits, often living in old termite mounds.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of Tetraponera mocquerysi, one of the more common members of its genus across equatorial Africa.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Portrait of Tetraponera mocquerysi, one of the more common members of its genus across equatorial Africa.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Portrait of Tetraponera mocquerysi, one of the more common members of its genus across equatorial Africa.

Kibale forest, Uganda
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