Eciton burchellii workers form a living chain at the edge of a bivouac. Claws at the tips of the ants' feet allow them to link together. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

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

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

An Eciton burchellii statary bivouac protrudes from a rotting stump.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Eciton burchellii army ant soldier. The hooked mandibles are used to protect army ant colonies against vertebrate predators.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Eciton burchellii workers form a living chain at the edge of a bivouac. Claws at the tips of the ants' feet allow them to link together.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Eciton hamatum soldier.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

An Eciton hamatum 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.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Eciton hamatum workers on the trail.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Eciton hamatum

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Some of the world's strangest and most interesting beetles live only in ant colonies, skimming from the ants' vast resources to make their living. Here, a Vatesus rove beetle runs in a colony of Eciton army ants.

Armenia, Belize

Eciton burchellii workers form a living chain at the edge of a bivouac. Claws at the tips of the ants' feet allow them to link together.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

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Army Ants and Other Nomads

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