Prenolepis imparis colony. |
Prenolepis imparis colony. |
Crematogaster cerasi worker wondering on my finger. |
Crematogaster cerasi workers tending aphids on native plum tree. |
Trophallaxis the act of an ant vomiting food for others to eat... or maybe they're just kissing. |
Crematogaster cerasi workers eating a cave cricket. |
Lasius interjectus workers. |
A plate of rotting fruit where Crematogaster castaneus and Formica pallidefulva workers forage. |
An Alate... to either Tapinoma sessile or one of the Nylanderia species. |
Cocoons to Formica pallidefulva. |
Crematogaster cerasi workers licking up the sap to the flower buds to Trumpet Vine. |
Flowers to Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. |
This picture is special because this is the first time I've seen a Formica slave maker queen. |
And this is the first time I saw a Formica slave maker doing a raid on a host colony, in my own back yard no less! |
And here is the first time I was stung by a Formica slave maker ever. |
Aphaenogaster rudis, harvesting Trillium seeds. |
My Favorite Picture of the year! An Aphaenogaster rudis worker hauling a Trillium seed. |
The Formica pallidefulva colony that moved into the nest after the slave making colony moved on. |
The odd behavior of Lasius claviger and L. umbratus queens on blooming plants of goldenrod. |
Queen and Worker to a Formica pallidefulva colony. |
Prenolepis imparis workers tending aphids on a grass. |