Pseudomyrmex apache. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex inhabit pre-existing cavities in wood and vegetation, in this case an old wood-boring beetle burrow. Tucson, Arizona, USA
A trap-jaw ant walks with an array of sensory hairs pointed forward from her jaws. French Guiana; laboratory colony at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Portrait of one of the world's most recognizable ants, the Amazonian trap-jaw Daceton armigerum. French Guiana; Laboratory colony at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.