Camponotus rufipes is among the most common ant species in parts of South America.

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Nylanderia parvula

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Nylanderia parvula

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Wasmannia auropunctata, the little fire ant.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Portrait of a Papyrius worker.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Many Pheidole species are granivores. Here, a minor worker transports a grass seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Many Pheidole species are granivores. Here, a minor worker transports a grass seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Podomyrma adelaidae

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) robsoni

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Many Pheidole species are granivores. Here, a minor worker transports a grass seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Many Pheidole species are granivores. Here, a minor worker transports a grass seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Many Pheidole species are granivores. Here, a minor worker transports a grass seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
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