An adult antlion. Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

Images of species that parasitize or prey on ants.

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An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae) removed from its sand pit.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

An antlion (not visible) hurls debris at an ant (Camponotus tortuganus) attempting to climb out of the trap.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

An adult antlion.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA

Larvae of syrphid flies in the genus Microdon are so odd that they were originally described as molluscs. The adults are more or less normal-looking flies, but larvae are predators of ant brood, living within the dark galleries of ant nests (in this case, with Linepithema oblongum).

Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina

Larvae of syrphid flies in the genus Microdon are so odd that they were originally described as molluscs. The adults are more or less normal-looking flies, but larvae are predators of ant brood, living within the dark galleries of ant nests (in this case, with Linepithema oblongum).

Termas de Reyes, Jujuy, Argentina

An Ophiocordyceps fungus grows from the neck of a Camponotus carpenter ant it has killed.

Armenia, Belize

An Ophiocordyceps fungus grows from a Camponotus carpenter ant it has killed.

Armenia, Belize

Eucharitid wasp, male.

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA.

An Orasema ant-parasite wasp (Eucharitidae) lays an egg in a Heliconius leaf. The young hatchling will attempt to hitchhike on a passing ant into the nest, where it will prey on developing larvae.

Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

An adult antlion.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA

An adult antlion.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA

An adult antlion.

Sagehen Creek Field Station, California, USA

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