A foraging weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) samples the air with her antennae. 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Myrmecia nigrceps - black-headed bull ant. The large eyes of these insects bestow excellent vision for an ant, and Myrmecia have the disconcerting habit of turning to face- or even chase- people who approach too closely.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Sphex pensylvanicus, the great black wasp.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a guard bee.
Dolichoderus attelaboides

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Mischocyttarus paper wasp.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Dolichoderus attelaboides

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Cerapachys (antennatus-group) worker.

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Cerapachys (antennatus-group) worker.

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Myrmecia nigrceps - black-headed bull ant. The large eyes of these insects bestow excellent vision for an ant, and Myrmecia have the disconcerting habit of turning to face- or even chase- people who approach too closely.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia nigrceps - black-headed bull ant. The large eyes of these insects bestow excellent vision for an ant, and Myrmecia have the disconcerting habit of turning to face- or even chase- people who approach too closely.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia nigrceps - black-headed bull ant. The large eyes of these insects bestow excellent vision for an ant, and Myrmecia have the disconcerting habit of turning to face- or even chase- people who approach too closely.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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