alexwild > Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Camponotus punctulatus, major worker.

Ubajay, Entre Rios, Argentina
alexwild > Close-up with a Camponotus castaneus minor worker.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Technomyrmex difficilis. The pattern of hairs on the head and back of this ant is diagnostic for this species.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > Tetramorium hispidum, along with its sister species T. spinosum, presents an unsolved evolutionary mystery of the North American ant fauna. Tetramorium, an ubiquitous and extraordinarily diverse genus in Africa and Asia, is nearly absent in the Americas.  These two species, both confined to the desert Southwest, are the only native Tetramorium in the hemisphere.  When and how the ancestor of these ants arrived is not known.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > The beautiful Rhytidoponera purpurea is found in the rainforests of northern Australia and New Guinea.  It is one of many species whose distribution spans both islands, suggesting a recent land connection across the Torres straight.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > The greenheaded ant, Rhytidoponera metallica is capable of inflicting a very painful sting.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Pheidole obtusospinosa, major worker

Arizona, USA
alexwild > Army ant males are most commonly seen at night.   They sometimes end up at lights as they disperse on wing from their natal colonies.  This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA
Pseudomyrmex gracilis is a large, active, and alert ant found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

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

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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