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Army Ants and Other Nomads

Several lineages of ants in the warmer regions of the world have evolved a lifestyle of nomadic predation.

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An Aenictus male.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

A raid of Aenictus aratus in an Australian rain forest.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Portrait of an army ant (Aenictus laeviceps)

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

A trail of Asian army ants (Aenictus laeviceps).

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo

Dorylus driver ants.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

A Dorylus driver ant soldier stands guard over a foraging column.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

A raiding party of Eciton burchellii army ants streams home towards the bivuoac while a soldier stands guard.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image.

Armenia, Belize

Eciton hamatum soldier. The odd, globular eyes of army ants are the evolutionary result of resuscitating a vestigial organ inherited from blind ancestors.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

An Aenictus male.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

An Aenictus male.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

An Aenictus male.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

Canon EOS 7D |

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Original size: 4547x3032 |

Current: 800x534 |

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Keywords: white hymenoptera aenictus army ant male aenictinae male ants

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