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  • Detail of the head of a harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex sp.) These ants are noted for their mound building activities.
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  • Detailed portrait of imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas. This species is native to South America, it has become well established in the southern United States.
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  • A female red-velvet ant (Dasymutilla magnifica). Photographed in Anza Borrego State Park, California.
    red-velvet_ant_MDurham410_13.jpg
  • A mound ant colony (Formica spp.) in the middle of a bunchgrass prairie in Notheast Oregon. May 2001. This is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This area contains some of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies left in North America
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  • A female thistledown velvet ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa). Native of the southwestern United States, this species imitates the appearance of a seed on a creosote bush. Also referred to by the name "cow killer". These are not true ants, but ground dwelling wasps.
    thistledown_velvet_ant_MDurham409_13.jpg
  • A mound ant colony (Formica spp.) in the middle of a bunchgrass prairie in Notheast Oregon. May 2001. This is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This area contains some of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies left in North America
    ant_mound-MDurham406_13.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-90.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-86.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-51.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-66.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-455.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-401.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
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  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-18.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-17.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-15.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-11.jpg
  • While one ant is trapped and killed by a venosa pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa) another struggles through the downward facing bristles on the leaf structure above the trap. The bristles will likely cause the ant to fall in. This plant is native to swampy bogs in the SouthEast part of North America. This specimen was cultivated. July 2001
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  • While one ant is trapped and killed by a venosa pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa) another sits on the lip above the trap. This plant is native to swampy bogs in the SouthEast part of North America.
    carnivorous_plant_MDurham402_12.jpg
  • The albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) is native to small area in Southwest Australia. The genus Cephalotus has only one species and no close relatives in the plant kingdom. These plants are small as can be seen here with the ant for scale. This specimen was cultivated. June 2001
    carnivorous_plant_MDurham381_5.jpg
  • The albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) is native to small area in Southwest Australia. The genus Cephalotus has only one species and no close relatives in the plant kingdom. These plants are small as can be seen here with the ant for scale. This specimen was cultivated. June 2001
    carnivorous_plant_MDurham380_5.jpg
  • An ant next to the seedling of a rare lemhi penstemon (Penstemon lemhiensis) at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The plant is considered at risk for extinction by the Montana Natural Heritage Program and It is a category 2 candidate for federal listing as threatened.
    Penstemon_lemhiensis-62614lh-109.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-77.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-105.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-45.jpg
  • An ant searches for nectar on a tropical flower. Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica.
    tropical_flower_ant-MDurham408_13.jpg
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