Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Eggs and young larvae inside the brood nest of Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Eciton burchellii army ant bivouac.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii bivouac.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii media workers stream towards the raid front.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers form a living chain at the edge of a bivouac. Claws at the tips of the ants' feet allow them to link together.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii bivouac.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda
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