Pheidologeton affinis marauder ants have one of the largest size disparities between the largest and smallest worker ants in a colony. Here a supermajor uses her massive jaws to cut through tree bark while minor workers stand by. The ants have discovered beetle larvae- a favored prey item- underneath the bark. Rossville, Queensland, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Soldier Ants and Major Workers

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The long, sharp jaws of this Pheidole obscurithorax soldier indicate a predominately predatory species.

Pensacola, Florida, USA

Pheidole bergi

Frías, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Pheidole dentigula

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pheidole sp. major worker, showing the massive head.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pogonomyrmex badius, the Florida harvester ant, major worker.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

The Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius is the only North American pogo found east of the Mississippi, and the only species that is polymorphic in the worker caste. The individual on the right is a major worker whose enlarged head holds muscles useful for milling seeds.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Solenopsis geminata is a seed harvesting ant, and major workers have massive heads for powering the blunt seed-milling mandibles.

Durban, South Africa

Pheidologeton affinis supermajor and minor workers.

Rossville, Queensland, Australia

Pheidologeton affinis marauder ants have one of the largest size disparities between the largest and smallest worker ants in a colony. Here a supermajor uses her massive jaws to cut through tree bark while minor workers stand by. The ants have discovered beetle larvae- a favored prey item- underneath the bark.

Rossville, Queensland, Australia

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Soldier Ants and Major Workers

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