Pachycondyla chinensis, the Asian needle ant, is a termite predator. Here, a workers drags away a recently killed Reticulitermes worker.

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Neivamyrmex army ants prey primarily on the brood of other ant species, but they will also take adult ants.   Here army ants make short work of a Lasius foundress queen they encountered in a subterranean raid. (Neivamyrmex nigrescens).

Portal, Arizona, USA
Neivamyrmex nigrescens army ants are predators of other ant species.  Here an army ant worker carries a paralyzed prey ant back from a successful raid on an Aphaenogaster nest. 

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA
Neivamyrmex army ants are specialist predators of the brood of other ant species. Here, N. californicus raid the brood nest of the pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum. 

California, USA
Neivamyrmex army ants are specialist predators of the brood of other ant species. Here, N. californicus raid the brood nest of the pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum. 

California, USA
Neivamyrmex army ants prey primarily on the brood of other ant species, but they will also take adult ants.   Here army ants make short work of a Lasius foundress queen they encountered in a subterranean raid. (Neivamyrmex nigrescens).

Portal, Arizona, USA
Neivamyrmex nigrescens army ants are predators of other ant species.  Here an army ant worker carries a paralyzed prey ant back from a successful raid on an Aphaenogaster nest. 

Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA
Neivamyrmex californicus army ants are specialist predators of the brood of other ant species. Here worker army ants attack a defending Tetramorium worker as others plunder the Tetramorium brood. 

California, USA
Neivamyrmex army ants are specialist predators of the brood of other ant species. Here, N. californicus raid the brood nest of the pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum. 

California, USA
Pachycondyla chinensis, the Asian needle ant, is a termite predator. Here, a workers drags away a recently killed Reticulitermes worker.

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Pachycondyla chinensis, the Asian needle ant, is a termite predator. Here, a workers drags away a recently killed Reticulitermes worker.

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Pachycondyla chinensis, the Asian needle ant, is a termite predator. Here, a workers drags away a recently killed Reticulitermes worker.

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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