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Predation

Images of ants hunting and scavenging.

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Amblyopone australis dracula ants are subterranean predators. Here they are seen attacking a moth larva.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Aphaenogaster mariae worker returning to the nest with a moth carcass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

The mass emergence of termites at the start of monsoon season is a bonanza for ants. Here an Aphaenogaster albisetosa harvester ant adds another captured termite carcass to the food pile.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA

The mass emergence of termites at the start of monsoon season is a bonanza for ants. Here Aphaenogaster albisetosa harvester ants stand guard over their catch.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA

Dorymyrmex bicolor workers scavenge the carcass of a harvester ant.

Willcox, Arizona, USA.

Azteca velox recruit to the carcass of an Ectatomma species. Ants are the great recyclers: few insects die in tropical forests that aren't scavenged immediately by ants.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Eciton burchellii army ants cluster around a cricket they have caught.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences

Army ants such as these Eciton burchellii are important predators in many tropical ecosystems.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences

A fallen robber fly quickly attracts ants. In the heat of mid-day, a thermophilic Forelius is the only species that tolerates the hot sand.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Amblyopone australis dracula ants are subterranean predators. Here they are seen attacking a moth larva.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Amblyopone australis dracula ants are subterranean predators. Here they are seen attacking a moth larva.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Amblyopone australis dracula ants are subterranean predators. Here they are seen attacking a moth larva.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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