Anonychomyrma scrutator
A worker ant forages in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Anonychomyrma sp.
Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Ants warn the photographer to keep a distance. Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Portrait of an Anonychomyrma worker ant. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
An Anonychomyrma worker drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree. Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
A worker ant drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree. Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Anonychomyrma workers aggressively defend the carcass of a carpenter ant they have found from would-be usurpers. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia
Ants are dominant scavengers in most terrestrial ecosystems. Carcasses of other arthropods are quickly discovered and carried back to the nest. Here, Anonychomyrma workers cooperate to transport the body of a dead carpenter ant. Harrietville, Vicotoria, Australia
A pair of Anonychomyrma ants cooperate to bring a piece of an insect carcass back to their nest. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
An army of hungry ants scavenges the carcass of a cockroach. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia.
