A column of Eciton rapax, the largest Eciton species, marches across the Amazonian forest floor.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A column of Eciton rapax, the largest Eciton species, marches across the Amazonian forest floor.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Odontomachus latidens

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
A trail of Asian army ants (Aenictus laeviceps).

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Olibrus shining flower beetles (Phalacridae) in a thistle flower.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Off-screen to the left I am taunting this Harpegnathos worker ant with my finger, causing her to open her jaws in defense.

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
A trail of Asian army ants (Aenictus laeviceps).

Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers returning from a raid.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
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