alexwild > 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, USA
alexwild > 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, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
alexwild > 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, becoming one of many non-native ant species in the state.

West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
alexwild > Ponera pennsylvanica

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > The distinctive yellow pupae of Ponera pennsylvanica, a common woodland ant in eastern North America.
alexwild > Platythyrea turneri

Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > Odontomachus clarus, the desert trap-jaw ant.

Portal, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Odontomachus cephalotes

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
alexwild > Thaumatomyrmex atrox

Venezuela
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, USA
alexwild > 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, USA
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, USA
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