Camponotus sericeiventris is one of the largest carpenter ants in the world.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A trail of Pheidole rhea, North America's largest Pheidole species.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Predator and prey: Myrmecia pyriformis with a european hornet.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis
The bright colors on this Myrmecia nigrocincta bull ant warn predators of the painful sting she can deliver.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Myrmecia nigriscapa

Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
A testy bulldog ant (Myrmecia nigriscapa) advances on the camera that intrudes on her nest.  The large eyes of this ant give her excellent vision.

Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia nigriceps

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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