Camponotus aeneopilosus

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Lasius (Acanthomyops) californicus citronella ants with their underground "cattle": mealybugs that produce honeydew.  

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
Crematogaster castanea tricolor

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
A basketball-sized carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor in an Acacia tree.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
An arboreal carton nest of Crematogaster castanea tricolor.  This nest is about the size of a softball.  

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Along an arboreal trail in South Africa, Crematogaster castanea tricolor nestmates exchange a bit of food.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
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
The Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius is the only North American pogo found east of the Mississippi, and the only species that is polymorphic in the worker caste.  The individual on the right is a major worker whose enlarged head holds muscles useful for milling seeds.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Pheidole tepicana supermajor.  The massive head of this granivorous ant holds muscles for milling seeds.

Arizona, USA
Camponotus aeneopilosus

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus aeneopilosus

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Camponotus aeneopilosus

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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