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Camponotus textor is a new world weaver ant. Here, a pair of workers meet along a foraging trail. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants. The different colors of the workers reflect their age. Ants are pale in color when they first eclose from the pupal stage but darken over time. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants. The different colors of the workers reflect their age. Ants are pale in color when they first eclose from the pupal stage but darken over time. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
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
Pheidole tepicana Arizona, USA
Two workers of Iridomyrmex reburrus, one of the northern meat ants. Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri is the most temperate of the Cyphomyrmex species, occurring as far north as San Francisco, California. Here worker ants tend to their fungus garden. Austin, Texas, USA
Sonoran desert cacti are frequently covered in ants. Cacti provide ants with nectar- a ready food supply in a harsh environment- in exchange for protection from herbivorous insects. Here, two Crematogaster opuntiae acrobat ants exchange nectar they have gathered from a chain-link cholla. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Camponotus aeneopilosus Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Two workers of Iridomyrmex reburrus, one of the northern meat ants.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Two workers of Iridomyrmex reburrus, one of the northern meat ants. Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Two workers of Iridomyrmex reburrus, one of the northern meat ants.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
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