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Soldier Ants and Major Workers

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A soldier Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant.

Armenia, Belize

Dorylus helvolus, soldier. This widespread African species is blind and largely subterranean.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant. The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences

A Labidus praedator soldier rears up at the photographer.

Gamboa, Panama

A soldier of Nomamyrmex esenbeckii, the most heavily armored of the army ants. As these ants are predators of the giant Atta leafcutting ants, they require stout, sturdy appendages to withstand the slicing mandibles of their prey.

Gamboa, Panama

Eciton burchellii soldier.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Eciton burchellii soldier.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image.

Armenia, Belize

A soldier Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant.

Armenia, Belize

A soldier Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant.

Armenia, Belize

A soldier Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant.

Armenia, Belize

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Keywords: adaptation myrmicinae tropical ants major worker living door head disc cephalotes porrasi

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