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, one of the world's largest ants.

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

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

Paraguay
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