Ants, Wasps, Bees

A Turtle Ant (Cephalotes sp.) worker, Belize

A Carpenter ant (camponotus chromaiodes) infected with cordyceps fungus, NC

A Carpenter ant (camponotus chromaiodes) infected with cordyceps fungus, NC

Acrobat ant (Crematogaster sp) visiting an extrafloral nectary on an inga tree, Belize

Acorn ant (Temnothorax curvispinosus) tending to brood, NC

Acorn ant (Temnothorax curvispinosus), Raleigh, NC.

Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) tending aphids, California.

Ant tending scale insects, Belize

Aphaenogaster rudis carrying brood, Raleigh, NC

Army ant, Belize

Army ants, Belize

Ant infected by codyceps fungus, Belize

Trap jaw ant (Anochetus) have incredibly powerful mandibles, Belize.

Azteca ant, Belize

Ant infected by cordyceps fungus, sometimes refered to as a “Zombie ant”, Belize

Anochetus (trapjaw ant) holds a termite in its powerful jaws, Belize.

Pseudomyrmex on an acacia plant, Belize.

Dolichoderus bispinosus worker, Belize

Pachycondyla worker, Belize