If I had to pick the weirdest ant I've ever seen, it's probably Melissotarsus, a silk-spinning ant that farms mealybug meat in little tree bark ranches and can't even stand up on a flat surface without falling over.
#Ants #Photography #Melissotarsus
https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Melissotarsus/
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