Litter-dwelling ants nest in a variety of pre-existing natural cavities. This African Technomyrmex has moved part of their colony into an old nutshell.

Kibale forest, Uganda
A Technomyrmex difficilis worker tends an aphid for honeydew.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A worker ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) tending aphids.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A Technomyrmex difficilis white-footed ant tends to aphids for honeydew. The aphids gain protection from predators in exchange for their sweet exudates.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A Technomyrmex difficilis white-footed ant tends to aphids for honeydew. The aphids gain protection from predators in exchange for their sweet exudates.

Orlando, Florida, USA
A worker ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) tending aphids.

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

Orlando, Florida, USA
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 albipes - white-footed ant tending to a mealybug (Pseudococcidae) for honeydew. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Litter-dwelling ants nest in a variety of pre-existing natural cavities. This African Technomyrmex has moved part of their colony into an old nutshell.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Litter-dwelling ants nest in a variety of pre-existing natural cavities. This African Technomyrmex has moved part of their colony into an old nutshell.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Litter-dwelling ants nest in a variety of pre-existing natural cavities. This African Technomyrmex has moved part of their colony into an old nutshell.

Kibale forest, Uganda
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