Minor workers of the southeastern Pheidole metallescens are one of North America's few iridescent ants.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Formica subsericea, the silky field ant, is one of the most common insects in eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Formica subsericea, the silky field ant, is one of the most common insects in eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Formica subsericea

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Formica subsericea, the silky field ant, is one of the most common insects in eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Aphaenogaster rudis

Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Aphaenogaster rudis

Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Aphaenogaster rudis

Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Portrait of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus rixosus with her jaws closed.

Cambodia (laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Minor workers of the southeastern Pheidole metallescens are one of North America's few iridescent ants.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Minor workers of the southeastern Pheidole metallescens are one of North America's few iridescent ants.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Minor workers of the southeastern Pheidole metallescens are one of North America's few iridescent ants.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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