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Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants. Here's one in a nest of Pheidole bicarinata. Arizona, USA. #orasema #Eucharitidae #Wasps #Ants #Insects

Atta cephalotes leafcutter ants meet along a foraging trail in Minca, Colombia. #Ants #Atta #Insects #LeafcutterAnts #Nature

Tiny explorers. Brachymyrmex depilis peering off into a green abyss, with a small, unidentified mite in the upper left of the dead leaf. #insects #MiteMonday #ants #MacroPhotography

Aphid round-up time. After catching this lone aphid, the ant (eastern carpenter, I think) ran around frantically waving it in the air like a trophy. I hope she got it home and can fulfill her ant dreams of becoming an aphid rancher. #insects #ants

Tending the flock. #insects #ants #MacroPhotography

Heterponera relicta, a poorly-known predatory ant from Queensland, Australia. #Ants #australianwildlife #Insects

Here's an ant I don't see very often: Crematogaster rifelna, a small acrobat ant known only from south Texas and northeastern Mexico. Here, two nestmates are engaged in trophallaxis. #Ants #Crematogaster #Insects

A peek into a rotting log in the Ecuadorian cloud forest reveals a small nest of tiny, glasslike Pheidole nitella big-headed ants. #Ants #Pheidole #Insects

A fierce little trap-jaw ant, Microdaceton, from Kibale Forest, Uganda. #Ants #Insects #Microdaceton

The very pretty Pheidole morrisii, a large native big-headed ant from sandy habitats in the southeastern United States. Ants of this genus are dimorphic, with the worker caste divided into regular workers (right) and large soldiers (left). #Ants #Insects #Pheidole

A pair of Camponotus decipiens carpenter ants exchanges a taste of honeydew while tending aphids on Virginia creeper. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas. #Ants #Camponotus #Insects

The strength of a single, 3mm long ant. This is a Mycocepurus fungus-farming ant, carrying a bit of caterpillar poop back to her colony's nest to feed the fungal crop. Puerto Rico. #Ants #Strength #Formicidae #Insects

Temperatures are cool and these little ants are out tending their flocks. I think this is the American winter ant (Prenolepis imparis), also sometimes called the false honey pot ant, which I expect is why many of the individuals I saw had engorged abdomens. #insects #MacroPhotography #ants

Gigantiops destructor, one of my favorite Amazonian ants, photographed in Ecuador. #Gigantiops #Ants #Insects #Eyes

A gallery of the amazing and rarely-seen Mystrium snap-jaw dracula ants: #Ants #Mystrium #Insects #Photography https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Mystrium/