Anonychomyrma scrutator
A worker ant forages in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest. Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Pseudalmenus chlorinda with Anonychomyrma
Larvae of the silky hairstreak Pseudalmenus chlorinda are obligately tended by Anonychomyrma ants. Yarra Ranges National Park, VIctoria, Australia.
Pseudalmenus chlorinda tended by Anonychomyrma
Larvae of the silky hairstreak, Pseudalmenus chlorinda, are almost always found with ants. Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia.
A close view of the ant-attracting glands at the back end of a silky hairstreak caterpillar. The ants are so attentive they even help the caterpillar remove feces (at left). Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Anonychomyrma
Trails of the dolichoderine ant Anonychomyrma are dense and ubiquitous in Australian woodlands. Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia.
A foraging ant carries a barklouse she has caught back to her nest. Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia.
Anonychomyrma sp.
Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Cicada season in the forest is soon followed by scores of dead and dying cicadas falling from the trees. These Anonychomyrma ants have recruited to a cicada carcass and are dismantling it into pieces for transport back to their nest. Yarra Ranges 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.
