Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants are aggressive in defense of their colonies. Here, a guard ant attempts to take down the photographer. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Worker Ants

Images of the female non-reproductive caste.

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Labidus praedator. Army ant workers vary considerably in size.

Gamboa, Panama

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants are aggressive in defense of their colonies. Here, a guard ant attempts to take down the photographer.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Two workers of Iridomyrmex reburrus, one of the northern meat ants.

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

Leptogenys attenuata

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa

Leptogenys camerunensis, at over 1cm in length (excluding the antennae), is one of the largest species in the genus.

Kibale forest, Uganda

Leptomyrmex ruficeps spider ant holding her gaster in the raised position, allowing her to dispense her defensive chemistry forward over her head.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia

Lasius nearcticus workers with a queen pupa.

South Bristol, New York, USA

Monomorium sp. workers carrying sand grains from an excavation deep in their nest.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Iridomyrmex purpureus meat ants are aggressive in defense of their colonies. Here, a guard ant attempts to take down the photographer.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Canon EOS 7D |

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Original size: 4492x3036 |

Current: 800x541 |

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Worker Ants

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