Eciton burchellii

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Labidus coecus workers repair damage to a tunnel.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Labidus coecus

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Labidus coecus

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A raiding party of Eciton burchellii army ants streams home towards the bivuoac while a soldier stands guard.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton rapax most frequently preys on ponerine ants, but it will also take social wasps.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A raiding party of Eciton burchellii army ants streams home towards the bivuoac while a soldier stands guard.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Inside the dark confines of a statary bivouac, worker Eciton burchellii army ants carry larvae.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Inside the dark confines of a statary bivouac, worker Eciton burchellii army ants carry larvae.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A raiding party of Eciton burchellii army ants streams home towards the bivuoac while a soldier stands guard.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A raiding party of Eciton burchellii army ants streams home towards the bivuoac while a soldier stands guard.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A raiding party of Eciton burchellii army ants streams home towards the bivuoac while a soldier stands guard.

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
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