Temnothorax pergandei carrying a larva. Gainesville, Florida, USA
A worker ant grooms herself by passing her midleg through a special comb on her foreleg. Ants are meticulously clean animals. Gainesville, Florida, USA
Temnothorax pergandei carrying a larva to safety after the photographer disturbs her nest. This colony was living in a piece of rotting pine bark in the soil of a longleaf pine savanna. Gainesville, Florida, USA