If I had to pick a favorite ant, a tough decision on many fronts, I’d probably have to go with the American turtle ants, Cephalotes. The genus has about 200 heavily armored species, most of which live in tropical forest tree canopies.
#Ants #Cephalotes
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Cephalotes/
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