A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.
Atta cephalotes

Jatun Sacha, Napo, Ecuador
A turtle ant soldier Cephalotes spinosus guards the nest entrance using her head as a door.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador
Workers tend to a queen in a laboratory colony of Argentine Ants (Linepithema humile).

California, USA
An Eciton burchellii submajor dismantles an unforunate Pseudomyrmex worker.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton hamatum soldier. The recurved mandibles are used to defend the colony from vertebrate predators.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii major and media workers.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.
A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.
A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.
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