Leptomyrmex rufipes. A spider ant worker, gaster raised characteristically above her body. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

An absconding Leptomyrmex darlingtoni worker climbs a small bush with a larva after the photographer has disturbed her nest at the base of the bush. A number of ant species display this absconding behavior upon nest disturbance, possibly as a defense against attacks by subterranean army ants. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia

Meranoplus unicolor. An Australian harvester ant carries a seed back to her nest. Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia