Messor pergandei harvester ant. Many desert species have a 'psammophore'- a basket of long hairs under the head- enabling the ants to carry dry sand. 

Palm Desert, California
Tropical spider resting on a leaf.

Armenia, Belize
A tropical leaf beetle, Stolas sp. (Chrysomelidae)

Armenia, Belize
Camponotus sp.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
A Technomyrmex difficilis worker tends an aphid for honeydew.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A Technomyrmex difficilis worker tends an aphid for honeydew.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A foraging weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) samples the air with her antennae. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A male straight-snouted weevil (Brentidae) silhouetted against a leaf in an Australian rain forest.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A foraging weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) samples the air with her antennae. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A male straight-snouted weevil (Brentidae) silhouetted against a leaf in an Australian rain forest.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A male straight-snouted weevil (Brentidae) silhouetted against a leaf in an Australian rain forest.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A male straight-snouted weevil (Brentidae) silhouetted against a leaf in an Australian rain forest.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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