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Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

Images of species that parasitize or prey on ants.

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Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants (in this case, Pheidole bicarinata).

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Eucharitid wasps (blue insect at right) are specialized parasites of ants.

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

The pupa of a parasitic eucharitid wasp in a pile of Pheidole ant brood.

Chiricahua Mountains, Airzona, USA

An Adranes ant beetle walks through the brood nest of its host, Lasius pallitarsis. These odd little beetles live in ant nests feeding on the developing brood.

Blodgett Forest, California, USA

Neivamyrmex army ants are specialist predators of the brood of other ant species. Here, N. californicus raid the brood nest of the pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum.

California, USA

Mimopria (Diapriidae) wasps are army ant mimics that run in the ants' columns.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil

Milichia patrizii, the ant-mugging fly, is a kleptoparasite of Crematogaster ants.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

An ant-mugging fly (Milichia patrizii) forces a Crematogaster ant to give up her food stores. South Africa.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

An ant-mugging fly (Milichia patrizii) chases down Crematogaster ants on a South African tree branch. If the fly can catch an ant, she will force the ant to feed her.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants (in this case, Pheidole bicarinata).

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants (in this case, Pheidole bicarinata).

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Eucharitid wasps are specialized parasites of ants (in this case, Pheidole bicarinata).

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

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Keywords: bugs ants nest nature macro insect insects wasps hymenoptera parasite ecology entomology parasitism parasitoid chalcidoid eucharitidae chalcidoidae wasp

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