Male Dorylus are sometimes called "sausage flies" for their unique shape.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Male Dorylus are sometimes called "sausage flies" for their unique shape.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Myrmecologist Jack Longino takes a good look at a male Dorylus driver ant. These enormous insects are specialized for dispersal and mating, looking very little like their more typycally ant-like sisters.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Male Dorylus are sometimes called "sausage flies" for their unique shape.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Army ant males are most commonly seen at night.   They sometimes end up at lights as they disperse on wing from their natal colonies.  This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA
Army ant males are most commonly seen at night.   They sometimes end up at lights as they disperse on wing from their natal colonies.  This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

Peña Blanca Lake, Arizona, USA
Male Dorylus are sometimes called "sausage flies" for their unique shape.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Male Dorylus are sometimes called "sausage flies" for their unique shape.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Male Dorylus are sometimes called "sausage flies" for their unique shape.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
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