Solenopsis sp., thief ant nest.

Portal, Arizona, USA
Linepithema micans running through tunnels in their underground nest.

Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina
Hypoponera worker carrying a larva in the nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
Some ants adapt well to human landscapes.  Here, a colony of Tetramorium sericeiventre makes itself at home under some patio bricks.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Solenopsis sp., thief ant nest.

Portal, Arizona, USA
A cut-away of a fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) mound showing the intricate system of galleries within the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
Linepithema micans running through tunnels in their underground nest.

Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina
A nest of Dorymyrmex insanus.

MacLaughlin U.C. Reserve, California, USA
Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
Atta texana workers removing soil from an excavation deep in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
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