Texas turtle ants are found in the wetter regions of south Texas, where they commonly inhabit old beetle burrows in the dead branchs of live oak trees. Here, a minor worker pauses on the underside of an oak leaf. Cost, Texas, USA.
Portrait of a living door: a soldier Texan turtle ant. Cost, Texas, USA.
Major and minor workers of Cephalotes rohweri, the Arizona turtle ant. Tucson, Arizona, USA
