Dinoponera australis, one of the world's largest ants.

Paraguay
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
Dinoponera australis, posing on a page from William Morton Wheeler's classic 1910 text "Ants: their structure, development, and behavior".

Misiones, Argentina
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