Favoritos de didobola

Thaumatomyrmex sp ?

4,5mm

❗ A completely unusual reddish pattern queen of this species ❗

Thanks @scottwgavins for keeping an eye on this colony and giving me the heads up they were flying.

Rainha sem asas

A new species that is being described at the Sertão Myrmecology Laboratory, in Bahia - BR.

Tiene bastantes ácaros

Every distal parts white: wing veins, mandibles, even the genitalia. and thats something

Alates flying to lights, workers baited on the edge of the grass 390 ft south, next to the terminal dropoff. Undefeated 3.5 hr layover snipe.

harassing the Stictoponera
chronological order: 2 3 1

I think?

Ome of the few times I got completely bamboozled. Thought it was another lame old exploder(hence the shitty quality)-had to go wtf when examining my pictures on the plane out from Borneo

Coleta de serrapilheira submetida a extrator de Winkler.

Very small

dark morph of O. tyrannicus?

Three individuals seen outside of nest. Two came out to defend it while the other one was out foraging.

Cyphomyrmex_laevigatus

Operárias carregando imaturas para fora do ninho. Registro após às 18h30.

finally
took me long enough
also found a colony but did not contain any reproductives in the fraction I've uncovered
shiny gaster seem to be quite unique among Lasius here by

In nest of Formica rufa/polyctena

I don't think your mates appreciating what youre holding

Alate

Landed on me while mating and then proceeded to remove its wings and start running around