Falling sand traps an ant attempting to escape from an antlion pit. The larval antlion at the bottom of the pit repeatedly hurls debris at any insect that attempts to escape. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, 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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The swollen red abdomen and unusually shrunken head of this Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant suggests she is carrying a parasitic mermithid nematode.

Armenia, Belize

An Ant-Decapitating Fly (Phoridae, Pseudacteon sp.) attempts to oviposit on a fire ant (Solenopsis macdonaghi).

Parque Nacional El Palmar, Entre Rios, Argentina

One of the defenses fire ants (Solenopsis sp.) employ against parasitic phorid flies (Pseudacteon sp.) is to hide. It is thought that the effectiveness of the flies in controlling pest fire ant populations is due more to disruption of the ants' normal foraging behavior than to the parasitism itself.

Parque Nacional El Palmar, Entre Rios, Argentina

A mating flight of Crematogaster cerasi acrobat ants provides a parasitic Pseudacteon fly (at lower right) an opportunity to attack.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Antlion pits, each with a larval antlion hidden in sand at the bottom.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

An ant (Camponotus tortuganus) attempts to climb out of an antlion pit.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Falling sand traps an ant attempting to escape from an antlion pit. The larval antlion at the bottom of the pit repeatedly hurls debris at any insect that attempts to escape.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Canon EOS 50D |

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Original size: 4752x3168 |

Current: 800x534 |

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Keywords: bugs insects predation antlions neuroptera predators antlion camponotus sand trap sand pit ant lion myrmeleontidae

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Ant Predators, Parasites, and other Enemies

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