Ants Collection (#3)

Matabele Ant column - hunting party returning to nest, some individuals with prey. Major and minor workers present
ASW-4857 Matabele Ant column - hunting party returning to nest, some individuals with prey. Major and minor workers present. Aggressive ants with a painful sting

Honeypot Ants - replete, hanging from roof larder
AU-14-RM HONEYPOT ANT - replete, hanging from roof of larder Camponotus inflatus Workers of the honeypot ant gather honeydew from scale insects and feed it to other workers

Honeypot Ants - in replete chamber
AU-11-MWG HONEYPOT ANTS - In replete chamber Camponotus inflatus Workers of the honeypot ant gather honeydew from scale insects and feed it to other workers

Jay - ant bathing - Bedfordshire UK 11005
BB-2190 Jay - ant bathing Bedfordshire UK Garrulus glandarius Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chimpanzee - "Pax" watching older brother catch ants - Gombe - Tanzania - Africa
AW-5248 Chimpanzee - "Pax" watching older brother catch ants Gombe - Tanzania - Africa Pan troglodytes Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ant-mimicking spider resembling Camponotus ant at rest on foliage. Grahamstown, Eastern Caqpe, South Africa
ASW-4542 Ant-mimicking spider resembling Camponotus ant at rest on foliage Grahamstown, Eastern Caqpe, South Africa Salticidae Alan J. S

Leafcutter ants on the move. Social instects found in the southern Americas. San Blas Mexico in March
JZ-3631 Leafcutter ants on the move San Blas Mexico in March Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Pink-faced green ant (fam: Formicidae)
AUS-980 Pink-faced green ant (fam: Formicidae) 34 km SW of Tambourah Homestead, Western australia Greg Harold / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Bulldog ant - workers attending brood in observation nest
AUS-503 Bulldog ant - workers attending brood in observation nest. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Bulldog ant - worker laying a trophic egg, produced solely to feed the larvae. Trophe = nourishment
AUS-500 Bulldog ant - worker laying a trophic egg, produced solely to feed the larvae. Trophe = nourishment. Australia Myrmecia gulosa Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Bulldog ant - worker in observation nest
AUS-507 Bulldog ant - worker in observation nest. Australia Myrmecia gulosa Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bulldog ant - mandibles, used with tenacity to seize and hold prey before stinging it, hence the common name
AUS-504 Bulldog ant - mandibles, used with tenacity to seize and hold prey before stinging it, hence the common name. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com

Bulldog ant - larvae feeding on a caterpillar
AUS-505 Bulldog ant - larvae feeding on a caterpillar. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Bulldog ant - queen showing wing muscles, in artificial nest chamber with workers
AUS-502 Bulldog ant - queen showing wing muscles, in artificial nest chamber with workers. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints

Bulldog ant - offering trophic egg to larva. Trophe = nourishment; trophic eggs are laid solely to feed the larvae
AUS-501 Bulldog ant - offering trophic egg to larva. Trophe = nourishment; trophic eggs are laid solely to feed the larvae

Jack Jumper - one of several smaller bulldog ants that can move rapidly by jumping
AUS-506 Jack Jumper - one of several smaller bulldog ants that can move rapidly by jumping. Australia Myrmecia nigrocincta Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Bulldog ant - Male and female fall to the ground after their mating flight
AUS-499 Bulldog ant - Male and female fall to the ground after their mating flight. Australia Myrmecia brevinoda Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Bivouac or Dolly ants - Nesting in soil or in trees, these ants forage in columns
AUS-414 Bivouac or Dolly ants - Nesting in soil or in trees, these ants forage in columns. Australia-wide except Northern Territory Dolichoderus sp

Honeypot or Furnace ants - repletes suspended in nest storing honey for the colony in lean times
AUS-412 Honeypot or Furnace ants - repletes suspended in nest storing honey for the colony in lean times. Central Australia Melophorus sp

Drummer ants - warning off possible predators by banging their abdomens against their nest and adjacent leaves
AUS-403 Drummer ants - warning off possible predators by banging their abdomens against their nest and adjacent leaves. Tropical Australia Polyrhachis sp

Dinosaur or Fossil ant - the worlds most primitive ant, recorded in 1931 then lost until 1977; rarely seen
AUS-401 Dinosaur or Fossil ant - the worlds most primitive ant, recorded in 1931 then lost until 1977; rarely seen. South Australia South Australia Nothomyrmecia macrops Densey Clyne / Auscape

A Beauty ant - can secrete an orange-coloured viscous repellent fluid that will deter even small mammal predators
AUS-420 A Beauty ant - can secrete an orange-coloured viscous repellent fluid that will deter even small mammal predators

Sugar ants - site of nest below tree bearing mistletoe, food plant of a symbiotic butterfly larva (Ogyris genoveva)
AUS-409 Sugar ants - site of nest below tree bearing mistletoe, food plant of a symbiotic butterfly larva (Ogyris genoveva). Australia Camponotus sp

Southern meat or Gravel ants - clearly defined trail leading from nest to food sources
AUS-407 Southern meat or Gravel ants - clearly defined trail leading from nest to food sources. Australia Iridomyrmex purpurea Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are

Meat / Tyrant ants - milking scale insects for their sweet secretions
AUS-404 Meat / Tyrant ants - milking scale insects for their sweet secretions. Australia-wide Iridomyrmex sp. Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

Nest of Southern meat or Gravel ants. A large mound nest of these ferocious ants may be one of many over a wide area
AUS-406 Nest of Southern meat or Gravel ants. A large mound nest of these ferocious ants may be one of many over a wide area

Meat / Tyrant ants - drinking nectar from flower of Angophora
AUS-405 Meat / Tyrant ants - drinking nectar from flower of Angophora Angophora hispida Iridomyrmex sp. Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display

Golden-bodied ant - easily recognised by its golden sheen. The spines on the thorax are probably for defence
AUS-402 Golden-bodied ant - easily recognised by its golden sheen. The spines on the thorax are probably for defence. Australia Polyrhachis ammon Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Honeypot ant - replete
AUS-388 Honeypot ant - replete. Central Australia Camponotus sp Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp. )
AUS-391 Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp.). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Green tree or Weaver ants - defending their arboreal nest
AUS-381 Green tree or Weaver ants - defending their arboreal nest. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Green tree or Weaver ants - fertile queen with workers and eggs
AUS-384 Green tree or Weaver ants - fertile queen with workers and eggs. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Green tree or Weaver ants - winged queen attended by workers
AUS-382 Green tree or Weaver ants - winged queen attended by workers. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe, their food plant
AUS-390 Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe, their food plant. Australia-wide Camponotus sp

A sugar ant - carrying a live sister ant in phenomenon known as portage (both ants are healthy!)
AUS-392 A sugar ant - carrying a live sister ant in phenomenon known as portage (both ants are healthy!). Australia-wide Camponotus sp

Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei) in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-386 Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei) in exchange for sweet secretions. Australia Crematogaster sp

Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet secretions from
AUS-387 Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet secretions from the larvae

Green tree Weaver ants - males swarming prior to their mating flight
AUS-383 Green tree Weaver ants - males swarming prior to their mating flight. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are

Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles, and spray acid from an anal nozzle
AUS-396 Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles, and spray acid from an anal nozzle. Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Green tree or Weaver ants - worker shuttling a silk-producing larva to make silk to mend the nest
AUS-380 Green tree or Weaver ants - worker shuttling a silk-producing larva to make silk to mend the nest. Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com

Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-389 Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions Australia Acrodipsas illidgei Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas)
AUS-394 Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Green tree or Weaver ants - workers in mouth-to-mouth food exchange (trophallaxis)
AUS-395 Green tree or Weaver ants - workers in mouth-to-mouth food exchange (trophallaxis). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note

Leaf-cutter Ant Lake Sandoval Amazon Peru
WAT-13776 Leaf-cutter Ant Lake Sandoval Amazon Peru Atta sp M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ants - embrdded in baltic amber. Upper Eocene
SPH-94 Ants - embrdded in baltic amber. Upper Eocene. Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Black Garden Ants SPH 2431 UK Lasius niger © Steve Hopkin / ARDEA LONDON
SPH-2431 Black Garden Ants UK Lasius niger Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Green Ant - single green ant scurring down a small stick. Because of the strong counterlight
SAS-1507 Green Ant Paluma Range National Park, Queensland, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Australia Oecophylla smaragdina Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display

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