Pheidole dentigula major worker.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pheidole cephalica - major worker. This distinctive species is one of Central America's largest Pheidole.

Armenia, Belize
Dorylus driver ants are quick to defend their colonies. Here, a soldier bites down on an intruding myrmecologist. This behavior has been co-opted by traditional medicine in some cultures to make sutures of ant heads.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Dorylus driver ants are quick to defend their colonies. Here, a soldier bites down on an intruding myrmecologist. This behavior has been co-opted by traditional medicine in some cultures to make sutures of ant heads.

Kibale forest, Uganda
A Dorylus driver ant soldier stands guard over a foraging column.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Dorylus driver ant soldier.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
A Dorylus driver ant soldier stands guard over a foraging column.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Dorylus driver ants are quick to defend their colonies. Here, a soldier bites down on an intruding myrmecologist. This behavior has been co-opted by traditional medicine in some cultures to make sutures of ant heads.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Driver ants (Dorylus subgenus Anomma) are among Africa's most visible insects. Here, a soldier stands guard along a foraging trail.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Pheidole dentigula major worker.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pheidole dentigula major worker.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pheidole dentigula major worker.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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