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Bull ants are solitary foragers, hunting alone even though they live in colonies. Here, a worker Myrmecia nigriceps descends a tree trunk in a eucalypt woodland. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
A Pachycondyla chinensis worker stings a termite it has caught, and the termite defecates in response. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
These predatory Tetramorium pavement ants have caught a soil-nesting Lasioglossum bee. Both are common sidewalk insects in eastern North America. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tropical Pachycondyla epitomize the ant as lone huntress. Even though these insects live in colonies, ants of this genus forage and retrieve prey singly. This P. cooki ant has caught an histerid beetle. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Tropical Pachycondyla epitomize the ant as lone huntress. Even though these insects live in colonies, ants of this genus forage and retrieve prey singly. This Pachycondyla cooki forager has caught a histerid beetle. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
These Aphaenogaster lamellidens foragers have discovered a live centipede and are attempting to pull it from its burrow. Dixon Springs, Illinois, USA
Tropical Pachycondyla epitomize the ant as lone huntress. Even though these insects live in colonies, ants of this genus forage and retrieve prey singly. This Pachycondyla cooki forager has caught a histerid beetle.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Tropical Pachycondyla epitomize the ant as lone huntress. Even though these insects live in colonies, ants of this genus forage and retrieve prey singly. This Pachycondyla cooki forager has caught a histerid beetle. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Tropical Pachycondyla epitomize the ant as lone huntress. Even though these insects live in colonies, ants of this genus forage and retrieve prey singly. This Pachycondyla cooki forager has caught a histerid beetle.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
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