Predatory Euryopis spiders snatch foraging harvester ants and drag them up grass blades to feed. Here, a spider consumes a worker Messor pergandei. Mojave National Preserve, California, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

Images of species that parasitize or prey on ants.

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Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A hangingfly (Bittacus chlorostigma) has captured a male carpenter ant.

Empire Mine State Park, California, USA

Aphantochilus rogersi (left) is a convincing mimic of its prey, turtle ants in the genus Cephalotes.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

An ant-mimic spider (Aphantochilus rogersi) has caught a Cephalotes atratus turtle ant.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

A predatory wolf spider has caught a male trap-jaw ant in the white sand scrub of central Florida.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

The sucked-dry body of a carpenter ant hangs from a spider's web.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Predatory Euryopis spiders snatch foraging harvester ants and drag them up grass blades to feed. Here, a spider consumes a worker Messor pergandei.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

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Keywords: spider predation hymenoptera ecology mojave desert formicidae myrmicinae euryopis messor pergandei veromessor pergandei dead ant ant death predatory spiders

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Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

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