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last updated 30.Nov.2007


Ant Nests


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Thatch mounds:

Acromyrmex heyeri

Formica integroides

Formica obscuripes

Formica ravida

Carton nests:

Azteca carton nest

Azteca carton nest

Crater mounds:

Forelius brasiliensis

Dorymyrmex insanus

Dorymyrmex thoracicus

Pheidole sp.

Lasius neoniger

Formica sibylla

Messor pergandei

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Myrmecia sp.

Pogonomyrmex maricopa

Atta texana

Aphaenogaster pythia

Myrmecocystus 
mexicanus

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Soil mounds:

Atta vollenweideri

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Formica exsectoides

Solenopsis invicta 

Solenopsis invicta 

Solenopsis invicta 

Twig nests:

Pseudomyrmex sp. nr. pallidus

Cephalotes pusillus

Procryptocerus scabriusculus

Crematogaster cisplatinalis

Cephalotes rohweri

Temnothorax rudis

Temnothorax sp. cf. rugatulus

Tetraponera laeviceps

Turneria bidentata

Ant plants:

Azteca alfari

Azteca alfari

Pseudomyrmex spinicola

Pseudomyrmex spinicola

Pseudomyrmex spinicola

Tetraponera clypeata

Philidris sp.

Philidris sp.

Weaver ant nests:

Oecophylla smaragdina

Oecophylla smaragdina

Oecophylla smaragdina

Polyrhachis (Cyrtomymrma)  sp.

Acorn nests:

Temnothorax longispinosus

Nests in Wood:

Cephalotes clypeatus

Camponotus modoc

Camponotus sp.

Pseudomyrmex apache

Miscellaneous nest architecture:

Acropyga hirsutula

Lasius pallitarsis

Lasius pallitarsis

Solenopsis geminata

Trachymyrmex turret nest

Pheidole sp.

Mycetosoritis hartmanni

Mycetosoritis hartmanni

Mycetosoritis hartmanni

Trachymyrmex turrifex nest turret


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