Monomorium pharaonis, the pharaoh's ant.

Panama City, Panama
The pharoah's ant Monomorium pharaonis is among the most persistent of indoor ant pests.  These slender yellow ants characteristically form long foraging trails.  

Panama City, Panama
Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants.  This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region.  Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants.  This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region.  Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama.

Isla Contadora, Panama
The pharoah's ant Monomorium pharaonis is among the most persistent of indoor ant pests.  These slender yellow ants characteristically form long foraging trails.  

Panama City, Panama
The pharoah's ant Monomorium pharaonis is among the most persistent of indoor ant pests.  These slender yellow ants characteristically form long foraging trails.  

Panama City, Panama
Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants.  This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region.  Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Monomorium floricola tending a mealybug.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants.  This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region.  Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama.

Isla Contadora, Panama
Monomorium pharaonis, the pharaoh's ant.

Panama City, Panama
Monomorium pharaonis, the pharaoh's ant.

Panama City, Panama
Monomorium pharaonis, the pharaoh's ant.

Panama City, Panama
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