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
Labidus coecus

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Labidus coecus

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Labidus coecus

Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
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