When her nest is raided by army ants, this Nylanderia worker absconds to safety with a pupa.

Armenia, Belize
An ambitious Cyphomyrmex forager carries a piece of insect frass back to the nest. These ants feed exclusively on a fungus that grows on the bits of detritus they gather.

Mindo, Ecuador
An ambitious Cyphomyrmex forager carries a piece of insect frass back to the nest. These ants feed exclusively on a fungus that grows on the bits of detritus they gather.

Mindo, Ecuador
Eciton rapax worker carrying prey. 

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton rapax worker carrying prey. 

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii media worker carrying part of a dismembered spider.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton rapax worker carrying prey. 

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Aphaenogaster mariae worker returning to the nest with a moth carcass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Aphaenogaster mariae worker returning to the nest with a moth carcass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Aphaenogaster mariae worker returning to the nest with a moth carcass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Aphaenogaster mariae worker returning to the nest with a moth carcass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Aphaenogaster mariae worker returning to the nest with a moth carcass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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