<font face="Georgia" align = center>high-quality insect imagery</font> http://www.smugmug.com/img/smuggy64.gif http://alexwild.smugmug.com/ 2009-11-23T11:18:02Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Paratrechina bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Paratrechina/9336745_rK3YY#722319112_xEtV4" title="Paratrechina bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Paratrechina/bourbonica1/722319112_xEtV4-Th.jpg" width="140" height="150" alt="Paratrechina bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA" title="Paratrechina bourbonica is a tramp species that has spread with commerce to warmer regions around the world. West Palm Beach, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-23T11:18:02Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Paratrechina/bourbonica1/722319112_xEtV4-Th.jpg 2009-06-19 14:39:51 26.66470000000000 -80.14050000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/8709998_ThGNG#720683259_otga5" title="Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis7/720683259_otga5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T03:34:37Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis7/720683259_otga5-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 21:53:18 27.18160000000000 -81.35030000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/8709998_ThGNG#720683191_ugV3h" title="Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis6/720683191_ugV3h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T03:27:08Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis6/720683191_ugV3h-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 20:45:08 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/8709998_ThGNG#720682998_ztaJ6" title="Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis5/720682998_ztaJ6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T03:35:09Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis5/720682998_ztaJ6-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 20:44:28 27.18160000000000 -81.35030000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pseudomyrmex ejectus nests in hollow twigs. Here a worker poses by the nest entrance. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/8709998_ThGNG#718519177_Bjy83" title="Pseudomyrmex ejectus nests in hollow twigs. Here a worker poses by the nest entrance. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/ejectus4/718519177_Bjy83-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Pseudomyrmex ejectus nests in hollow twigs. Here a worker poses by the nest entrance. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Pseudomyrmex ejectus nests in hollow twigs. Here a worker poses by the nest entrance. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T03:35:50Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/ejectus4/718519177_Bjy83-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 14:24:09 27.18160000000000 -81.35100000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />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 ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/8709998_ThGNG#718518910_NtYhV" title="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 ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/ejectus3/718518910_NtYhV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="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 ..." title="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 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T03:36:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/ejectus3/718518910_NtYhV-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 14:05:19 27.18160000000000 -81.35100000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Social-Parasites/9419588_b5wHj#716889867_mcuq7" title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Social-Parasites/reginicula1/716889867_mcuq7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:11:55Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Social-Parasites/reginicula1/716889867_mcuq7-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/8706573_E47rF#716889699_x3UAC" title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/reginicula2/716889699_x3UAC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:20:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/reginicula2/716889699_x3UAC-Th.jpg 27.18800000000000 -81.33700000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Social-Parasites/9419588_b5wHj#716880213_orG53" title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Social-Parasites/reginicula2/716880213_orG53-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:17:39Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Social-Parasites/reginicula2/716880213_orG53-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 08:19:50 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/8706573_E47rF#716875881_FFzPi" title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/reginicula1/716875881_FFzPi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." title="Dorymyrmex reginicula (at left), a socially parasitic species, is harassed by a worker of its host Dorymyrmex elegans. Workers of the two species coexist in a single nest for a period after ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:20:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/reginicula1/716875881_FFzPi-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 08:19:52 27.18800000000000 -81.33700000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Tetraponera merita Madagascar</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Tetraponera/8744241_Nofy2#705130484_uQTzo" title="Tetraponera merita Madagascar"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Tetraponera/Tetraponera17j/705130484_uQTzo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Tetraponera merita Madagascar" title="Tetraponera merita Madagascar" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Tetraponera/Tetraponera17j/705130484_uQTzo-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/8709998_ThGNG#694179975_YW3hb" title="Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis4/694179975_YW3hb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate queen. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T03:25:13Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pseudomyrmex/gracilis4/694179975_YW3hb-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 16:14:54 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#694160880_sbbDZ" title="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus3/694160880_sbbDZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (male). Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus3/694160880_sbbDZ-Th.jpg 2009-10-20 11:11:10 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Female (left) and male cicada parasite beetles, Sandalus niger. Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#694160571_9WkUt" title="Female (left) and male cicada parasite beetles, Sandalus niger. Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus1/694160571_9WkUt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Female (left) and male cicada parasite beetles, Sandalus niger. Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Female (left) and male cicada parasite beetles, Sandalus niger. Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus1/694160571_9WkUt-Th.jpg 2009-10-20 11:07:06 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (female). Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#694160113_3NLKN" title="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (female). Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus4/694160113_3NLKN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (female). Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Sandalus niger cicada parasite beetle (female). Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Sandalus4/694160113_3NLKN-Th.jpg 2009-10-04 22:12:51 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Inside the brood nest, an Odontomachus brunneus trap-jaw ant larva feeds on the remains of a termite. Unlike adult ants, larvae can consume solid food. Archbold Biological Station, Florida ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Odontomachus/9339596_TBEPo#694134876_AuKya" title="Inside the brood nest, an Odontomachus brunneus trap-jaw ant larva feeds on the remains of a termite. Unlike adult ants, larvae can consume solid food. Archbold Biological Station, Florida ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Odontomachus/brunneus8/694134876_AuKya-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Inside the brood nest, an Odontomachus brunneus trap-jaw ant larva feeds on the remains of a termite. Unlike adult ants, larvae can consume solid food. Archbold Biological Station, Florida ..." title="Inside the brood nest, an Odontomachus brunneus trap-jaw ant larva feeds on the remains of a termite. Unlike adult ants, larvae can consume solid food. Archbold Biological Station, Florida ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Odontomachus/brunneus8/694134876_AuKya-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 10:57:02 27.17600000000000 -81.35310000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites. Wisc ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688660444_8qBtY" title="Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites. Wisc ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes17/688660444_8qBtY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites. Wisc ..." title="Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites. Wisc ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:12Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes17/688660444_8qBtY-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 13:00:02 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688660296_6SDXC" title="Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes16/688660296_6SDXC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:13Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes16/688660296_6SDXC-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 13:23:15 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688660090_iDmgG" title="Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes12/688660090_iDmgG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:13Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes12/688660090_iDmgG-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 14:24:20 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Worker-Ants/9403458_WQ6zz#688654601_HHPLH" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Worker-Ants/obscuripes13/688654601_HHPLH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:13Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Worker-Ants/obscuripes13/688654601_HHPLH-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688654453_8bLxk" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes11/688654453_8bLxk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ..." title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:13Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes11/688654453_8bLxk-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/9403641_hhyFH#688654288_iTYNW" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes13/688654288_iTYNW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:13Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes13/688654288_iTYNW-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688654110_pcrkr" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes14/688654110_pcrkr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes14/688654110_pcrkr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688653889_6CG7a" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes10/688653889_6CG7a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes10/688653889_6CG7a-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/9403641_hhyFH#688646783_W8Qt3" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes10/688646783_W8Qt3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes10/688646783_W8Qt3-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 14:07:07 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/9403641_hhyFH#688646627_USpU2" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes14/688646627_USpU2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes14/688646627_USpU2-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 14:39:05 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/8745581_2aMY8#688646502_omcpb" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes13/688646502_omcpb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. Wisconsin, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Formica/obscuripes13/688646502_omcpb-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 14:52:09 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/9403641_hhyFH#688646388_KvcYb" title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes11/688646388_KvcYb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ..." title="Formica obscuripes nestmate workers engaging in trophallaxis, or the social sharing of liquid food. This behavior does more than merely transfer food. Ants also use it to pass chemical sig ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Natural-History/Communication/obscuripes11/688646388_KvcYb-Th.jpg 2009-10-18 14:27:58 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observatory, ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#678280800_L6KHF" title="The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observatory, ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/carton2/678280800_L6KHF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observatory, ..." title="The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observatory, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/carton2/678280800_L6KHF-Th.jpg 2009-10-10 15:11:28 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus ants are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observa ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#678280457_UTiWw" title="The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus ants are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observa ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/carton1/678280457_UTiWw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus ants are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observa ..." title="The intricate galleries in this underground nest of Lasius umbratus ants are made possible by a fungus that grows within a matrix of wood pulp sculpted by the ants. Vermillion River Observa ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:14Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/carton1/678280457_UTiWw-Th.jpg 2009-10-10 14:43:49 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#678280194_s2Bgk" title="Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/umbratus7/678280194_s2Bgk-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" title="Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/umbratus7/678280194_s2Bgk-Th.jpg 2009-10-10 15:16:40 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#678280002_D5ojG" title="Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/umbratus6/678280002_D5ojG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" title="Lasius umbratus with mealybugs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/umbratus6/678280002_D5ojG-Th.jpg 2009-10-10 15:08:49 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A firefly larva is armored for protection against predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#677778543_4N5aB" title="A firefly larva is armored for protection against predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Lycid5/677778543_4N5aB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="A firefly larva is armored for protection against predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA" title="A firefly larva is armored for protection against predators. Champaign, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Lycid5/677778543_4N5aB-Th.jpg 2009-05-31 16:14:50 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Chlaenius sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#677778137_gHfra" title="Chlaenius sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Chlaenius1/677778137_gHfra-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Chlaenius sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Chlaenius sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Chlaenius1/677778137_gHfra-Th.jpg 2009-09-27 22:49:38 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Nicrophorus orbicollis burying beetle. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#677777876_a6fKy" title="Nicrophorus orbicollis burying beetle. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/NicrophorusOrbicollis1/677777876_a6fKy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Nicrophorus orbicollis burying beetle. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Nicrophorus orbicollis burying beetle. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/NicrophorusOrbicollis1/677777876_a6fKy-Th.jpg 2009-09-12 09:17:49 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#677777484_7V6Sg" title="Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scarites1/677777484_7V6Sg-Th.jpg" width="112" height="150" alt="Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Scarites sp. ground beetle. Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:15Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Scarites1/677777484_7V6Sg-Th.jpg 2009-10-11 15:53:22 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Amphicrossus ciliatus sap beetle (Nitidulidae). Champaign, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#677777048_2EMZ8" title="Amphicrossus ciliatus sap beetle (Nitidulidae). Champaign, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Amphicrossus1/677777048_2EMZ8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Amphicrossus ciliatus sap beetle (Nitidulidae). Champaign, Illinois, USA" title="Amphicrossus ciliatus sap beetle (Nitidulidae). Champaign, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Amphicrossus1/677777048_2EMZ8-Th.jpg 2009-10-04 21:52:31 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus pennsylvanicus, the eastern black carpenter ant. South Bristol, New York, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#674306537_whCLK" title="Camponotus pennsylvanicus, the eastern black carpenter ant. South Bristol, New York, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/CamponotusPennsylvanicus8/674306537_whCLK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Camponotus pennsylvanicus, the eastern black carpenter ant. South Bristol, New York, USA" title="Camponotus pennsylvanicus, the eastern black carpenter ant. South Bristol, New York, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/CamponotusPennsylvanicus8/674306537_whCLK-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A droplet of morning dew on the head of a cactus bug, Chelinidea vittiger. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#672848975_sdGdb" title="A droplet of morning dew on the head of a cactus bug, Chelinidea vittiger. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/chelinidea1/672848975_sdGdb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A droplet of morning dew on the head of a cactus bug, Chelinidea vittiger. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="A droplet of morning dew on the head of a cactus bug, Chelinidea vittiger. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/chelinidea1/672848975_sdGdb-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 07:10:10 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#672848694_FqVdT" title="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Belostoma6/672848694_FqVdT-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" title="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Belostoma6/672848694_FqVdT-Th.jpg 2009-09-18 10:27:34 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/4191931_A9Lqk#672848447_RyciE" title="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Belostoma1/672848447_RyciE-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" title="Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:16Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bountiful-Bugs/Belostoma1/672848447_RyciE-Th.jpg 2009-09-18 10:29:52 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/8706573_E47rF#667716070_YZ9xY" title="Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/thoracicus2/667716070_YZ9xY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina" title="Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants feeding on the remains of a beetle larva. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:20:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/thoracicus2/667716070_YZ9xY-Th.jpg 2009-03-18 10:04:36 -26.50400000000000 -66.00900000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest. Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/8706573_E47rF#667716015_HYTtQ" title="Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest. Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/thoracicus3/667716015_HYTtQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest. Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina" title="Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest. Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:20:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/thoracicus3/667716015_HYTtQ-Th.jpg 2009-03-15 07:56:12 -28.46510000000000 -65.09120000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Dorymyrmex sp., foraging worker Ubujay, Entre Rios, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/8706573_E47rF#667715918_vxSGV" title="Dorymyrmex sp., foraging worker Ubujay, Entre Rios, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/ArgSpA1/667715918_vxSGV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Dorymyrmex sp., foraging worker Ubujay, Entre Rios, Argentina" title="Dorymyrmex sp., foraging worker Ubujay, Entre Rios, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:20:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/ArgSpA1/667715918_vxSGV-Th.jpg 2009-03-25 04:37:12 -31.81630000000000 -58.32190000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A colony of Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants has discovered a beetle larva and arrive in large numbers to bring it back to their nest. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/8706573_E47rF#667715844_nrtm8" title="A colony of Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants has discovered a beetle larva and arrive in large numbers to bring it back to their nest. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/thoracicus1/667715844_nrtm8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A colony of Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants has discovered a beetle larva and arrive in large numbers to bring it back to their nest. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina" title="A colony of Dorymyrmex thoracicus cone ants has discovered a beetle larva and arrive in large numbers to bring it back to their nest. Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-17T13:20:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Dorymyrmex/thoracicus1/667715844_nrtm8-Th.jpg 2009-03-18 10:05:10 -26.50400000000000 -66.00900000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Brachymyrmex obscurior is a South American species that has been introduced to tropical and subtropical climates around the world. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Brachymyrmex/9271048_zVqcU#667229003_cQwoR" title="Brachymyrmex obscurior is a South American species that has been introduced to tropical and subtropical climates around the world. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Brachymyrmex/obscurior6/667229003_cQwoR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Brachymyrmex obscurior is a South American species that has been introduced to tropical and subtropical climates around the world. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Brachymyrmex obscurior is a South American species that has been introduced to tropical and subtropical climates around the world. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:17Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Brachymyrmex/obscurior6/667229003_cQwoR-Th.jpg 2009-06-15 18:36:33 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Brachymyrmex obscurior rover ants carry sand grains out from an excavation deep within their nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Brachymyrmex/9271048_zVqcU#667228924_ibi7X" title="Brachymyrmex obscurior rover ants carry sand grains out from an excavation deep within their nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Brachymyrmex/obscurior5/667228924_ibi7X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Brachymyrmex obscurior rover ants carry sand grains out from an excavation deep within their nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Brachymyrmex obscurior rover ants carry sand grains out from an excavation deep within their nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:17Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Brachymyrmex/obscurior5/667228924_ibi7X-Th.jpg 2009-06-15 18:38:35 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus termitarius is an emerging pest of pastures and old agricultural fields in northern Argentina. Perdices, Entre Rios, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664457324_xBWdW" title="Camponotus termitarius is an emerging pest of pastures and old agricultural fields in northern Argentina. Perdices, Entre Rios, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/termitarius1/664457324_xBWdW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Camponotus termitarius is an emerging pest of pastures and old agricultural fields in northern Argentina. Perdices, Entre Rios, Argentina" title="Camponotus termitarius is an emerging pest of pastures and old agricultural fields in northern Argentina. Perdices, Entre Rios, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:17Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/termitarius1/664457324_xBWdW-Th.jpg 2009-03-27 15:34:39 -33.34780000000000 -58.72520000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A minor worker of Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Camponotus are more dependent on honeydew-producing insects than are most other ant species, and their guts contain highly spe ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664457206_q7VU6" title="A minor worker of Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Camponotus are more dependent on honeydew-producing insects than are most other ant species, and their guts contain highly spe ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus4/664457206_q7VU6-Th.jpg" width="117" height="150" alt="A minor worker of Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Camponotus are more dependent on honeydew-producing insects than are most other ant species, and their guts contain highly spe ..." title="A minor worker of Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Camponotus are more dependent on honeydew-producing insects than are most other ant species, and their guts contain highly spe ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:17Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus4/664457206_q7VU6-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 09:09:49 27.21030000000000 -81.34910000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664456953_kfYET" title="Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus5/664456953_kfYET-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Camponotus floridanus tending scale insects. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:17Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus5/664456953_kfYET-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 09:07:03 27.21030000000000 -81.34910000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Most Camponotus are docile, timid insects. Not Camponotus floridanus, the Florida Carpenter Ant . These large red-and-black ants are quick to bite when bothered. Archbold Biological Stati ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664456478_S62ow" title="Most Camponotus are docile, timid insects. Not Camponotus floridanus, the Florida Carpenter Ant . These large red-and-black ants are quick to bite when bothered. Archbold Biological Stati ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus6/664456478_S62ow-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Most Camponotus are docile, timid insects. Not Camponotus floridanus, the Florida Carpenter Ant . These large red-and-black ants are quick to bite when bothered. Archbold Biological Stati ..." title="Most Camponotus are docile, timid insects. Not Camponotus floridanus, the Florida Carpenter Ant . These large red-and-black ants are quick to bite when bothered. Archbold Biological Stati ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:18Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus6/664456478_S62ow-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 21:16:38 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus floridanus is primarily a night-active species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664456123_iq9AA" title="Camponotus floridanus is primarily a night-active species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus7/664456123_iq9AA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Camponotus floridanus is primarily a night-active species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida" title="Camponotus floridanus is primarily a night-active species. Archbold Biological Station, Florida" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:18Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus7/664456123_iq9AA-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 21:34:01 27.18520000000000 -81.35180000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus floridanus Archbold Biological Station, Florida</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664455970_ybyUA" title="Camponotus floridanus Archbold Biological Station, Florida"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus8/664455970_ybyUA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Camponotus floridanus Archbold Biological Station, Florida" title="Camponotus floridanus Archbold Biological Station, Florida" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:18Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/floridanus8/664455970_ybyUA-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 21:29:44 27.18520000000000 -81.35180000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus sp. major worker. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664455718_sD877" title="Camponotus sp. major worker. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/CamponotusArg1/664455718_sD877-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Camponotus sp. major worker. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina" title="Camponotus sp. major worker. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/CamponotusArg1/664455718_sD877-Th.jpg 2009-03-20 19:47:44 -23.74480000000000 -65.50120000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Portrait of an Andean Camponotus. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664455612_oDmoh" title="Portrait of an Andean Camponotus. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/CamponotusArg2/664455612_oDmoh-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Portrait of an Andean Camponotus. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina" title="Portrait of an Andean Camponotus. Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/CamponotusArg2/664455612_oDmoh-Th.jpg 2009-03-20 19:49:32 -23.74480000000000 -65.50120000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus punctulatus, major worker. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664455465_jWRTZ" title="Camponotus punctulatus, major worker. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/punctulatus2/664455465_jWRTZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Camponotus punctulatus, major worker. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina" title="Camponotus punctulatus, major worker. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/punctulatus2/664455465_jWRTZ-Th.jpg 2009-03-24 16:48:48 -31.81580000000000 -58.32160000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus punctulatus workers busy at the nest entrance. This is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664455249_7VvKd" title="Camponotus punctulatus workers busy at the nest entrance. This is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/punctulatus3/664455249_7VvKd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Camponotus punctulatus workers busy at the nest entrance. This is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina" title="Camponotus punctulatus workers busy at the nest entrance. This is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/punctulatus3/664455249_7VvKd-Th.jpg 2009-03-24 16:53:05 -31.81580000000000 -58.32160000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Camponotus punctulatus is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/8742430_fhjGT#664455042_apETe" title="Camponotus punctulatus is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/punctulatus4/664455042_apETe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Camponotus punctulatus is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina" title="Camponotus punctulatus is one of the most common Camponotus species in subtropical South America. Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Camponotus/punctulatus4/664455042_apETe-Th.jpg 2009-03-24 16:30:15 -31.81580000000000 -58.32160000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Myrmecocystus mimicus honeypot ant worker. Note the exceptionally long maxillary palpi emerging backwards from the mouth- these are diagnostic for the genus. Green Valley, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Myrmecocystus/9152406_6SSXq#663716994_Ksmd5" title="Myrmecocystus mimicus honeypot ant worker. Note the exceptionally long maxillary palpi emerging backwards from the mouth- these are diagnostic for the genus. Green Valley, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Myrmecocystus/mimicus7/663716994_Ksmd5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Myrmecocystus mimicus honeypot ant worker. Note the exceptionally long maxillary palpi emerging backwards from the mouth- these are diagnostic for the genus. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" title="Myrmecocystus mimicus honeypot ant worker. Note the exceptionally long maxillary palpi emerging backwards from the mouth- these are diagnostic for the genus. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:19Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Myrmecocystus/mimicus7/663716994_Ksmd5-Th.jpg 2009-07-27 13:14:48 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#662900053_avAFS" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger6/662900053_avAFS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger6/662900053_avAFS-Th.jpg 2009-09-05 14:38:47 40.05900000000000 -87.56390000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#662899711_sxkVs" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger5/662899711_sxkVs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger5/662899711_sxkVs-Th.jpg 2009-09-05 14:38:16 40.05900000000000 -87.56390000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Strumigenys/8819603_3tkSQ#662847605_Q8dGU" title="Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Strumigenys/rogeri5/662847605_Q8dGU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Strumigenys rogeri miniature trap-jaw ant foraging in a rotting log. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Strumigenys/rogeri5/662847605_Q8dGU-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:17:04 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Wasmannia auropunctata workers feeding on a cookie crumb set out as bait by researchers in Buenos Aires. Shortbread cookies make good baits for myrmicine ants. Buenos Aires, Argentina</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Wasmannia/8708667_c9qQz#662795597_oRUGS" title="Wasmannia auropunctata workers feeding on a cookie crumb set out as bait by researchers in Buenos Aires. Shortbread cookies make good baits for myrmicine ants. Buenos Aires, Argentina"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Wasmannia/auropunctata17/662795597_oRUGS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Wasmannia auropunctata workers feeding on a cookie crumb set out as bait by researchers in Buenos Aires. Shortbread cookies make good baits for myrmicine ants. Buenos Aires, Argentina" title="Wasmannia auropunctata workers feeding on a cookie crumb set out as bait by researchers in Buenos Aires. Shortbread cookies make good baits for myrmicine ants. Buenos Aires, Argentina" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Wasmannia/auropunctata17/662795597_oRUGS-Th.jpg 2009-03-27 08:21:52 -34.61260000000000 -58.35630000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex/8738491_VZqAF#662756470_dNMoP" title="Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex/barbatus17/662756470_dNMoP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA" title="Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex/barbatus17/662756470_dNMoP-Th.jpg 2009-07-28 17:38:01 31.42930000000000 -111.17500000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex/8738491_VZqAF#662756157_S3VkY" title="Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex/barbatus15/662756157_S3VkY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA" title="Pogonomyrmex barbatus alate queen. Sycamore Canyon, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Pogonomyrmex/barbatus15/662756157_S3VkY-Th.jpg 2009-07-28 17:39:48 31.42930000000000 -111.17500000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A young queen harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) emerges from the nest on the morning of her mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#662684561_53eqE" title="A young queen harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) emerges from the nest on the morning of her mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/albisetosa10/662684561_53eqE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="A young queen harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) emerges from the nest on the morning of her mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" title="A young queen harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) emerges from the nest on the morning of her mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:20Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/albisetosa10/662684561_53eqE-Th.jpg 2009-07-25 08:52:10 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A male harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) launches himself on a morning mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#662684198_S3jzo" title="A male harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) launches himself on a morning mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/albisetosa11/662684198_S3jzo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="A male harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) launches himself on a morning mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" title="A male harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) launches himself on a morning mating flight. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:21Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/albisetosa11/662684198_S3jzo-Th.jpg 2009-07-25 08:49:05 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Aphaenogaster cockerelli alate queen. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#662683826_fYBwk" title="Aphaenogaster cockerelli alate queen. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/cockerelli11/662683826_fYBwk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Aphaenogaster cockerelli alate queen. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" title="Aphaenogaster cockerelli alate queen. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:21Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/cockerelli11/662683826_fYBwk-Th.jpg 2009-07-22 00:31:17 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Aphaenogaster cockerelli harvester ant worker. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#662683630_ACQzf" title="Aphaenogaster cockerelli harvester ant worker. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/cockerelli12/662683630_ACQzf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Aphaenogaster cockerelli harvester ant worker. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" title="Aphaenogaster cockerelli harvester ant worker. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:21Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/cockerelli12/662683630_ACQzf-Th.jpg 2009-07-22 00:28:42 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Nests of the seed-harvesting ant Aphaenogaster albisetosa are large and conspicuous. Green Valley, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#662683544_XzJH2" title="Nests of the seed-harvesting ant Aphaenogaster albisetosa are large and conspicuous. Green Valley, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/albisetosa12/662683544_XzJH2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Nests of the seed-harvesting ant Aphaenogaster albisetosa are large and conspicuous. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" title="Nests of the seed-harvesting ant Aphaenogaster albisetosa are large and conspicuous. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:21Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/albisetosa12/662683544_XzJH2-Th.jpg 2009-07-25 17:47:45 31.87180000000000 -110.99100000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Aphaenogaster miamiana worker ant grooming herself. Ants have a brush on their forelegs that are used for cleaning the antennae. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#662682754_k5Nmu" title="Aphaenogaster miamiana worker ant grooming herself. Ants have a brush on their forelegs that are used for cleaning the antennae. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/miamiana1/662682754_k5Nmu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Aphaenogaster miamiana worker ant grooming herself. Ants have a brush on their forelegs that are used for cleaning the antennae. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Aphaenogaster miamiana worker ant grooming herself. Ants have a brush on their forelegs that are used for cleaning the antennae. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:22Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/miamiana1/662682754_k5Nmu-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 15:03:24 27.21110000000000 -81.34910000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/8687617_sEqU8#662659371_66cQW" title="Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor42/662659371_66cQW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" title="Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:22Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor42/662659371_66cQW-Th.jpg 2009-07-21 23:55:45 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant carrying a fragment of a mesquite seed pod. Green Valley, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/8687617_sEqU8#662659272_iGaS8" title="Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant carrying a fragment of a mesquite seed pod. Green Valley, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor43/662659272_iGaS8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant carrying a fragment of a mesquite seed pod. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" title="Acromyrmex versicolor desert leafcutter ant carrying a fragment of a mesquite seed pod. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:22Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor43/662659272_iGaS8-Th.jpg 2009-07-26 01:04:13 31.87180000000000 -110.99200000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />The nest entrances of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor are often nearly completely round, appearing like a miniature volcano. Green Valley, Arizona, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/8687617_sEqU8#662659010_STw2N" title="The nest entrances of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor are often nearly completely round, appearing like a miniature volcano. Green Valley, Arizona, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor44/662659010_STw2N-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The nest entrances of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor are often nearly completely round, appearing like a miniature volcano. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" title="The nest entrances of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor are often nearly completely round, appearing like a miniature volcano. Green Valley, Arizona, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:22Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor44/662659010_STw2N-Th.jpg 2009-07-29 08:03:49 31.87070000000000 -110.99300000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/8687617_sEqU8#662658301_3Vbj8" title="Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor41/662658301_3Vbj8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" title="Acromyrmex versicolor, the desert leafcutter. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Acromyrmex/versicolor41/662658301_3Vbj8-Th.jpg 2009-07-22 00:05:25 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Solenopsis pergandei is a subterranean ant found in sandy soils throughout the southeastern United States. These tiny insects are scarcely larger than the sand grains that surround them. A ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/8745741_ttFRH#661614202_jCr6B" title="Solenopsis pergandei is a subterranean ant found in sandy soils throughout the southeastern United States. These tiny insects are scarcely larger than the sand grains that surround them. A ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/pergandei1/661614202_jCr6B-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Solenopsis pergandei is a subterranean ant found in sandy soils throughout the southeastern United States. These tiny insects are scarcely larger than the sand grains that surround them. A ..." title="Solenopsis pergandei is a subterranean ant found in sandy soils throughout the southeastern United States. These tiny insects are scarcely larger than the sand grains that surround them. A ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/pergandei1/661614202_jCr6B-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 07:43:15 27.18570000000000 -81.35070000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/8745741_ttFRH#661614004_Giti6" title="Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/pergandei2/661614004_Giti6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" title="Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/pergandei2/661614004_Giti6-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 07:51:28 27.18570000000000 -81.35070000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. The workers spend their entire lives underground and are nearly blind, but the queen's large eyes are used early in her life when she disperses from ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/8745741_ttFRH#661613782_S6BEA" title="Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. The workers spend their entire lives underground and are nearly blind, but the queen's large eyes are used early in her life when she disperses from ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/pergandei3/661613782_S6BEA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. The workers spend their entire lives underground and are nearly blind, but the queen's large eyes are used early in her life when she disperses from ..." title="Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. The workers spend their entire lives underground and are nearly blind, but the queen's large eyes are used early in her life when she disperses from ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:23Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/pergandei3/661613782_S6BEA-Th.jpg 2009-06-16 07:54:25 27.18570000000000 -81.35070000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Solenopsis molesta thief ants, with eggs and larvae. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/8745741_ttFRH#661613540_qanH4" title="Solenopsis molesta thief ants, with eggs and larvae. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/molesta2/661613540_qanH4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Solenopsis molesta thief ants, with eggs and larvae. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Solenopsis molesta thief ants, with eggs and larvae. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:24Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Solenopsis/molesta2/661613540_qanH4-Th.jpg 2009-09-11 22:42:45 37.43360000000000 -88.66710000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />An underground trail of a South American army ant (Neivamyrmex bohlsi). The colony has workers of many different sizes, allowing the ants to attack and transport a larger range of prey. La ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Neivamyrmex/9321874_8fDRR#661171295_6CaQx" title="An underground trail of a South American army ant (Neivamyrmex bohlsi). The colony has workers of many different sizes, allowing the ants to attack and transport a larger range of prey. La ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Neivamyrmex/bohlsi1/661171295_6CaQx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="An underground trail of a South American army ant (Neivamyrmex bohlsi). The colony has workers of many different sizes, allowing the ants to attack and transport a larger range of prey. La ..." title="An underground trail of a South American army ant (Neivamyrmex bohlsi). The colony has workers of many different sizes, allowing the ants to attack and transport a larger range of prey. La ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:24Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Neivamyrmex/bohlsi1/661171295_6CaQx-Th.jpg 2009-03-21 09:22:56 -24.10630000000000 -65.47830000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Braconid wasps in the subfamily Alysiinae are parasites of flies. Urbana, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rPV88#657587222_YUgae" title="Braconid wasps in the subfamily Alysiinae are parasites of flies. Urbana, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Alysiinae1/657587222_YUgae-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Braconid wasps in the subfamily Alysiinae are parasites of flies. Urbana, Illinois, USA" title="Braconid wasps in the subfamily Alysiinae are parasites of flies. Urbana, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:14:24Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/Alysiinae1/657587222_YUgae-Th.jpg 2009-09-20 15:50:46 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Aphaenogaster treatae transporting an aphid. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#654471376_2oP4H" title="Aphaenogaster treatae transporting an aphid. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/treatae1/654471376_2oP4H-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Aphaenogaster treatae transporting an aphid. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" title="Aphaenogaster treatae transporting an aphid. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:25Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/treatae1/654471376_2oP4H-Th.jpg 2009-09-12 10:20:29 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />An Aphaenogaster treatae worker arranges a spent formicine cocoon around her nest entrance. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#654471141_CMLC4" title="An Aphaenogaster treatae worker arranges a spent formicine cocoon around her nest entrance. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/treatae5/654471141_CMLC4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="An Aphaenogaster treatae worker arranges a spent formicine cocoon around her nest entrance. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" title="An Aphaenogaster treatae worker arranges a spent formicine cocoon around her nest entrance. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:25Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/treatae5/654471141_CMLC4-Th.jpg 2009-09-12 11:05:10 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />An inconspicuous nest entrance of Aphaenogaster treatae marked with beetle elytra, bodies of other ant species, cocoon fragments, and other debris. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#654470963_bV9eV" title="An inconspicuous nest entrance of Aphaenogaster treatae marked with beetle elytra, bodies of other ant species, cocoon fragments, and other debris. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/treatae3/654470963_bV9eV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="An inconspicuous nest entrance of Aphaenogaster treatae marked with beetle elytra, bodies of other ant species, cocoon fragments, and other debris. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" title="An inconspicuous nest entrance of Aphaenogaster treatae marked with beetle elytra, bodies of other ant species, cocoon fragments, and other debris. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/treatae3/654470963_bV9eV-Th.jpg 2009-09-12 10:41:04 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />On the underside of a sun-soaked leaf, Aphaenogaster tennesseensis tending to Entylia sp. treehoppers. The treehoppers secrete sweet honeydew for the ants in exchange for protections from p ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_JRXiP#654282341_aza5J" title="On the underside of a sun-soaked leaf, Aphaenogaster tennesseensis tending to Entylia sp. treehoppers. The treehoppers secrete sweet honeydew for the ants in exchange for protections from p ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/tennesseensis9/654282341_aza5J-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="On the underside of a sun-soaked leaf, Aphaenogaster tennesseensis tending to Entylia sp. treehoppers. The treehoppers secrete sweet honeydew for the ants in exchange for protections from p ..." title="On the underside of a sun-soaked leaf, Aphaenogaster tennesseensis tending to Entylia sp. treehoppers. The treehoppers secrete sweet honeydew for the ants in exchange for protections from p ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:26Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/tennesseensis9/654282341_aza5J-Th.jpg 37.41380000000000 -88.66580000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants. The different colors of the workers reflect their age. Ants are pale in color when they first eclose from the pupal stage but darken over ti ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#654281371_sLWxL" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants. The different colors of the workers reflect their age. Ants are pale in color when they first eclose from the pupal stage but darken over ti ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger2/654281371_sLWxL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants. The different colors of the workers reflect their age. Ants are pale in color when they first eclose from the pupal stage but darken over ti ..." title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants. The different colors of the workers reflect their age. Ants are pale in color when they first eclose from the pupal stage but darken over ti ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:27Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger2/654281371_sLWxL-Th.jpg 40.05900000000000 -87.56390000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. This species maintains large colonies and requires a high reproductive rate. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/8805617_7KpVm#654281159_Gb3Xv" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. This species maintains large colonies and requires a high reproductive rate. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger3/654281159_Gb3Xv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. This species maintains large colonies and requires a high reproductive rate. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" title="Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger citronella ants tending to eggs. This species maintains large colonies and requires a high reproductive rate. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:27Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Lasius/claviger3/654281159_Gb3Xv-Th.jpg 40.05900000000000 -87.56390000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#654079167_GPZHg" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius7/654079167_GPZHg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:27Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius7/654079167_GPZHg-Th.jpg 2009-09-14 21:23:32 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#654078904_dGXAZ" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius6/654078904_dGXAZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:27Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius6/654078904_dGXAZ-Th.jpg 2009-09-14 21:24:12 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#654078679_BCjFJ" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius5/654078679_BCjFJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:28Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius5/654078679_BCjFJ-Th.jpg 2009-09-14 20:50:35 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#654078561_NtLxG" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius2/654078561_NtLxG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:28Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius2/654078561_NtLxG-Th.jpg 2009-09-14 20:44:48 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/1576730_5JFRP#654078471_UDsg6" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius11/654078471_UDsg6-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" title="Odontotaenius disjunctus - horned passalus. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:28Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Beautiful-Beetles/Odontotaenius11/654078471_UDsg6-Th.jpg 2009-09-14 21:08:26 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Anochetus/9379451_7cQtr#653783181_eqZFp" title="Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Anochetus/mayri2/653783181_eqZFp-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ..." title="Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:28Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Anochetus/mayri2/653783181_eqZFp-Th-1.jpg 2009-09-17 18:10:41 26.66460000000000 -80.14020000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ...</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Anochetus/9379451_7cQtr#652912492_MugQZ" title="Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ..."><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Anochetus/mayri1/652912492_MugQZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ..." title="Anochetus mayri is a small species broadly distributed in the Caribbean and Central and South America. This individual is from a population that has recently colonized suburban Florida, bec ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:28Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Anochetus/mayri1/652912492_MugQZ-Th.jpg 2009-09-17 18:23:38 26.66460000000000 -80.14020000000000 0 <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051929_hLBWu" title="Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex26/652051929_hLBWu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Younger bed bugs are lighter in color than adults. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:29Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex26/652051929_hLBWu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cimex lectularius bed bugs on linen. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051803_jKcQj" title="Cimex lectularius bed bugs on linen. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex13/652051803_jKcQj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Cimex lectularius bed bugs on linen. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Cimex lectularius bed bugs on linen. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:29Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex13/652051803_jKcQj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051668_o6NCe" title="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex5/652051668_o6NCe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:29Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex5/652051668_o6NCe-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />A bed bug nymph probes for a good feeding spot. Note the flattened shape of the bug that allows it to fit into tight hideaways during the day. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051520_RhYSF" title="A bed bug nymph probes for a good feeding spot. Note the flattened shape of the bug that allows it to fit into tight hideaways during the day. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex24/652051520_RhYSF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="A bed bug nymph probes for a good feeding spot. Note the flattened shape of the bug that allows it to fit into tight hideaways during the day. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="A bed bug nymph probes for a good feeding spot. Note the flattened shape of the bug that allows it to fit into tight hideaways during the day. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:30Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex24/652051520_RhYSF-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051399_uzm6d" title="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex22/652051399_uzm6d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:30Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex22/652051399_uzm6d-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com">alexwild</a><br />Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA</p><p><a href="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/9659953_HZ4LE#652051253_epFEM" title="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA"><img src="http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex6/652051253_epFEM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA" title="Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Chicago, Illinois, USA" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:30Z alexwild http://alexwild.smugmug.com http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/A-plague-of-Bed-Bugs/Cimex6/652051253_epFEM-Th.jpg