A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant. The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators.
Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences
A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant. The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators.
Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences
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