Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 64 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. The unusual single-lens eyes are unique to this genus and may be the result of re-evolved vision from blind ancestors.

Armenia, Belize
Messor pergandei harvester ant. The large heads of major workers house muscles for milling seeds. 

Palm Desert, California, USA
Technomyrmex andrei feeds from a cookie bait laid out by the photographer.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Leptogenys camerunensis

Kibale forest, Uganda
Technomyrmex andrei feeds from a cookie bait laid out by the photographer.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Odontomachus erythrocephalus

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Portrait of a Pheidole vafra major worker. 

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Dolichoderus doriae

Powers Lookout, Victoria, Australia
Formica montana

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 64 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. The unusual single-lens eyes are unique to this genus and may be the result of re-evolved vision from blind ancestors.

Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 64 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. The unusual single-lens eyes are unique to this genus and may be the result of re-evolved vision from blind ancestors.

Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 64 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. The unusual single-lens eyes are unique to this genus and may be the result of re-evolved vision from blind ancestors.

Armenia, Belize
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