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Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. Armenia, Belize
Eciton army ants have some of the strangest compound eyes among insects. These surface-raiding predators likely re-evolved vision from a blind, subterranean ancestor. Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 64 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. The unusual single-lens eyes are unique to this genus and may be the result of re-evolved vision from blind ancestors. Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum workers cross a living bridge made of ant bodies along a trail to the raid front. Armenia, Belize
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii workers carrying a massive Pheidole pupa they have taken in a successful raid. Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Labidus mars is a compact subterranean army ant. It is not commonly seen, but this apparent rarity may be more due to the ants' underground existence than to actual scarcity. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image.

Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. Armenia, Belize
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 32 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image.

Armenia, Belize
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