A colony of Azteca inhabits the hollow domatia of a Cordia ant-plant. Refugio Amazonas, Tambopata, Peru.
Dolichoderine ants are high-energy insects. The Azteca ants that rule tropical rainforest canopies, for example, get many of their carbohydrates from relationships with honeydew-producing scale insects. Jatun Sacha, Napo, Ecuador
Carton nests of Azteca ants in the crown of a tropical tree. Napo, Ecuador