Pachycondyla crenata 

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Pachycondyla chinensis

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
The bizarre mandibles of Leptogenys falcigera are presumably related to a predatory specialization on isopods.

Hawaii
Pachycondyla harpax

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Stigmatomma pallipes is the common dracula ant of eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
This predatory Rhytidoponera worker has captured a caterpillar and is carrying it back to her nest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Odontomachus cephalotes

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Proceratium californicum

Jasper Ridge, California, USA
Proceratium californicum

Jasper Ridge, California, USA
Stigmatomma pallipes is the common dracula ant of eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Stigmatomma pallipes is the common dracula ant of eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Stigmatomma pallipes is the common dracula ant of eastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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