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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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A nest migration of the ant Leptogenys diminuta forms a trail across the forest floor.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Onychomyrmex hedleyi is unusual for an amblyoponine ant in having a number of army ant behaviors.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Simopelta sp. nr. pergandei. One of the most remarkable examples of evolutionary convergence in ants involves the ponerine genus Simopelta and the true army ants (subfamilies Ecitoninae, Aenictinae, and Dorylinae). Both groups are specialized predators of other ants, and their queens have a similar morphology.

Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Venezuela

Simopelta sp. nr. pergandei, nest emigration across leaf litter.

Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Venezuela

Simopelta sp. nr. pergandei, nest emigration across leaf litter.

Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Venezuela

Simopelta sp. nr. pergandei

Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Venezuela

Sphinctomyrmex froggatti

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

An Eciton burchellii soldier uses her ice-tong mandibles to latch on to the photographer's skin. This gives her the leverage to use her stinger (at the read end of the animal) and makes her very difficult to remove.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

A nest migration of the ant Leptogenys diminuta forms a trail across the forest floor.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

A nest migration of the ant Leptogenys diminuta forms a trail across the forest floor.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

A nest migration of the ant Leptogenys diminuta forms a trail across the forest floor.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

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Keywords: ants insects hymenoptera brood migratory formicidae ponerinae ponerine leptogenys hunting ant elongate ant poneromoph leptogenys diminuta

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