ants

There are a few million ants in the garden. Plus another million or two in the house. The best way to keep ants from sharing your food is to stand the base of whatever your dinner is on in water. Ants are apparently unable, or at least reluctant, to swim.

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ants in symbiotic relationship with Miletus ancon

Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdin

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Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdin

Oecophylla smaragdina

Oecophylla smaragdina

ant annoying mayfly

catching red ants' eggs- a local delicacy

the notorious fire ant

Weaver ants on their nest

read ant

Oecophylla smaragdina dealing with black ant

red ant dealing with black ant

red ant dealing with black ant

red ant dealing with black ant

red ant dealing with black ant

red ant dealing with black ant

red ant dealing with black ant

Oecophylla smaragdina (the Green Tree or Weaver ant)

grrrrrr!

Oecophylla smaragdina

deadly combat or just passing the time of day?

exchanging food by regurgitation (trophallaxis)

removing a bug

removing a caterpillar

removing butterfly

spiky ant

team work

teamwork

teamwork

tug of war

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anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

anonymous ant

unidentified ant

another ant

another ant

queens and reproductive males normally have wings

ant-with-prey

ant-and-mosquito-again

ant-dragging-mosquito

ants dragging a spider corpse up a tree

ant (Formicidae), sexual form with wings

ants tussling

Weaver ants construct nests or shelters out of leaves. Workers pull the edges of leaves together and use silk from the larvae to stick the leaves together.