Formica integroides workers tending pine aphids.  The ants obtain a large portion of their energy from symbiotic relationships with hemipterans such as these aphids.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA
Myrmecia pilosula brood nest.

Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
A Formica moki  worker transports a stink bug she has caught back to her nest.

Solano County, California, USA
Formica integroides worker tending pine aphids.  The ants obtain a large portion of their energy from symbiotic relationships with hemipterans such as these aphids.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA
Myrmecia pilosula brood nest.

Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
A Formica moki  worker transports a stink bug she has caught back to her nest.

Solano County, California, USA
Formica integroides worker tending pine aphids.  The ants obtain a large portion of their energy from symbiotic relationships with hemipterans such as these aphids.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA
Myrmecia pilosula brood nest.

Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pilosula brood nest.

Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pilosula brood nest.

Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia
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