Ochetellus worker recruit to food. Ants in this subfamily often arrive in large numbers to resources, maintaining trails between their nest and persistent food source.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Ochetellus worker recruit to food. Ants in this subfamily often arrive in large numbers to resources, maintaining trails between their nest and persistent food source.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Ochetellus worker recruit to food. Ants in this subfamily often arrive in large numbers to resources, maintaining trails between their nest and persistent food source.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Vollenhovia emeryi is an Asian species introduced accidentally to Washington, D.C. It is currently spreading slowly in several east coast cities.

Washington, DC, USA
Solenopsis geminata - tropical fire ant
Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva. 

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva. 

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Nylanderia guatemalensis, worker carrying a larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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