alexwild > Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

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

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > 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, Illinois, USA
alexwild > 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 Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Dorymyrmex thoracicus worker emerges from the nest.

Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
alexwild > 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
alexwild > Nests of the seed-harvesting ant Aphaenogaster albisetosa are large and conspicuous.

Green Valley, Arizona, USA
alexwild > The nest entrances of the desert leafcutter ant Acromyrmex versicolor are often nearly completely round, appearing like a miniature volcano.

Green Valley, Arizona, USA
Breaking open a hollow twig in the Florida scrub reveals a nest of the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

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

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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