Ever-present in the American lowland tropics, tiny empires of Dolichoderus bispinosus ants control swaths of vegetation to extract nectar, honeydew, and other resources. Here, workers tend to aphids in a garden in Minca, Colombia.

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Friend or foe? Two Dolichoderus inpai ants encounter each other along a trail in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Australia's classy Dolichoderus scabridus ant. Red legs, gold butt, head and thorax wrinkled like a prune. What's not to love?

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