Anochetus micans is a slender trap-jaw ant with a narrow distribution in Central America.

Armenia, Belize
Gnamptogenys sp.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii soldier. The bizarre globular eyes of army ants are a result of the ants' having re-evolved functional lenses from the vestiges of a blind ancestor.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Anonychomyrma scrutator worker foraging in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
An Anonychomyrma worker drops a bit of wood pulp removed from an excavation deep within the nest tree.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Anonychomyrma sp.

Wilson's Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Anonychomyrma scrutator worker foraging in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Anonychomyrma scrutator worker foraging in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Anonychomyrma scrutator worker foraging in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Anonychomyrma scrutator worker foraging in the leaf litter of an Australian rain forest.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
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