Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Pheidole vafra minor workers cooperate to carry a piece of cookie I used to bait them out of their nest.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Pheidole sp.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Eciton hamatum preys on the brood of other social insects. Here, workers carry captured ant and wasp larvae back to their bivouac.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton hamatum army ants carry captured prey back to their bivouac.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton hamatum preys on the brood of other social insects. Here, workers carry captured ant and wasp larvae back to their bivouac.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers transport a captured ant pupa back to their bivouac.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers transport a captured ant pupa back to their bivouac.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton hamatum army ants carry captured prey back to their bivouac.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
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