alexwild > Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Arboreal Tetraponera nest in hollow spaces of twigs and branches.  The ants' slender bodies allow them to maneuver in narrow spaces. (Tetraponera laeviceps).

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Tetraponera clypeata

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Arboreal Tetraponera nest in hollow spaces of twigs and branches.  The ants' slender bodies allow them to maneuver in narrow spaces. (Tetraponera laeviceps).

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Tetraponera clypeata nest inside the hollow thorn of an Acacia tree.  The elongate form of these ants allows them to maneuver in such cramped quarters.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Tetraponera clypeata foundress queen inside an Acacia thorn.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Tetraponera clypeata nest inside the hollow thorn of an Acacia tree.  The elongate form of these ants allows them to maneuver in such cramped quarters.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Arboreal Tetraponera nest in hollow spaces of twigs and branches.  The ants' slender bodies allow them to maneuver in narrow spaces. (Tetraponera laeviceps).

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Tetraponera natalensis, queen.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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