An Eastern Black Carpenter Ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, tends to a colony of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Iowa. She is tapping the aphids with her antennae to trigger the secretion of honeydew, a sweet liquid that ants readily exploit as an energy source.
A colony of ants (Hymenoptera: family Formicidae) scrambles madly to unearth their buried comrades after an unfortunate cave-in caused by dog. (Iowa)
Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumonidae) from Iowa.
