SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Strumigenys louisianae is a tiny trap-jaw ant that has traveled around the world with human commerce.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Ants (Pheidole megacephala) tending aphids for honeydew.  The tight association of ants and aphids give the ants a significant carbohydrate boost and the aphids protection from predators.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Argentine ants (Linepithema humile), an aggressive pest species introduced by human commerce to California, attack a native Pogonomyrmex harvester ant.  Native ants in many places around the world have disappeared in areas invaded by Argentine ants. 

Davis, California, USA
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Strumigenys rogeri worker, foraging in the leaf litter.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Strumigenys rogeri prowls in the leaf litter of of Florida forest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Strumigenys louisianae is a tiny trap-jaw ant that has traveled around the world with human commerce.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants.  This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region.  Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama.

Isla Contadora, Panama
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Strumigenys rogeri prowls in the leaf litter of of Florida forest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
SmugMug > keywords > introduced species > Strumigenys rogeri, an African species of miniature trap-jaw ant that has spread around the world with human commerce.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Strumigenys louisianae is a tiny trap-jaw ant that has traveled around the world with human commerce.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
 > Strumigenys louisianae is a tiny trap-jaw ant that has traveled around the world with human commerce.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Strumigenys louisianae is a tiny trap-jaw ant that has traveled around the world with human commerce.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
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