Pseudomyrmex apache

Black Butte Reservoir, California, USA.

Pseudomyrmex apache

Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex inhabit pre-existing cavities in wood and vegetation, in this case an old wood-boring beetle burrow. Tucson, Arizona, USA

Pseudomyrmex boopis

Armenia, Belize

Pseudomyrmex boopis

The brightly-colored Pseudomyrmex boopis. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia

Pseudomyrmex boopis

Alluriquin, Ecuador

Pseudomyrmex denticollis

Pseudomyrmex denticollis is one of the few soil-nesting species in this otherwise arboreal genus. Frías, Santiago de Estero, Argentina

Pseudomyrmex denticollis

Pseudomyrmex denticollis, unusually for its genus, nests in the ground. Here, a worker carries a bit of excavated earth out of the nest. Frías, Santiago de Estero, Argentina

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Pseudomyrmex ejectus nests in hollow twigs. Here a worker poses by the nest entrance. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Cracking open a twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex ejectus. The elongate shape of these gracile insects allows them to maneuver in tight spaces. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

An elongated twig ant forages on a palm leaf in an urban garden. Austin, Texas, USA.

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Austin, Texas, USA.

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

The life cycle of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis. They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood. Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex pallidus

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Pseudomyrmex pallidus

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Pseudomyrmex pallidus

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Swollen thorn acacia with Pseudomyrmex peperi

An ant acacia with symbiotic Pseudomyrmex peperi ants in a lowland tropical forest. Cayó District, Belize.

Pseudomyrmex peperi

Pseudomyrmex peperi is an obligate Acacia inhabitant. Here, a worker gathers a lipid-rich Beltian body from a leaf tip. The plant feeds the ants in exchange for protection from herbivores and competing plants. Armenia, Belize