To Be an Ant: A Close-Up View

Here are some magnified views of Monomorium minimum:

by Joe MacGown, © Mississippi Entomological Museum

by Joe MacGown, © Mississippi Entomological Museum

by April Nobile, www.antweb.org, © 2002-2012

by April Nobile, www.antweb.org, © 2002-2012

by Joe MacGown, © Mississippi Entomological Museum

Here is a diagram of a worker ant:

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/ant-anatomy (informative site)

Also consult:

http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?act=x_ant&path=Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Monomorium/minimum&name=Monomorium+minimum&xml=Ants&authority=(Buckley)

http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=minimum&genus=monomorium&rank=species&project=ohioants

http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/ants/littleant.shtml

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bsguenar/Pics%20Monomorium%20minimum.html