Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Trachymyrmex pomonae

Portal, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex desertorum workers in the fungus garden.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Trachymyrmex sp. worker carrying a bit of vegetative detritus as fodder for the fungus garden.

Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Aurora del Palmar, Entre Rios, Argentina
Trachymyrmex turrifex queen in the fungus garden.

Austin, Texas, USA
Trachymyrmex turrifex, nest entrance.

Austin, Texas, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis. Fungus-growing ants use a variety of substrates to nourish their cultivars, but caterpillar frass is one of the richest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis in the fungus garden.

Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis fungus-growing ant.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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