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Pheidole xanthogaster Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Pheidole xanthogaster Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Cephalotes spinosus Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador
A Pseudomyrmex sp. elongate twig ant cradles a droplet of honeydew between her mandibles. Mindo, Ecuador
A Pachycondyla harpax worker hauls a pupa to safety after the photographer disturbs her nest. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Gigantiops destructor Archidona, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton hamatum is a specialist on the brood of other social insects. Here, a worker carries a captured ant larva. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
An Eciton burchellii soldier brandishes her hooked mandibles. These unwieldy weapons are designed to grab vertebrate predators and deter them from stealing the army ants' own catch. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
An Eciton burchellii soldier brandishes her hooked mandibles. These unwieldy weapons are designed to grab vertebrate predators and deter them from stealing the army ants' own catch. Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A Pseudomyrmex sp. elongate twig ant cradles a droplet of honeydew between her mandibles.

Mindo, Ecuador
A Pseudomyrmex sp. elongate twig ant cradles a droplet of honeydew between her mandibles. Mindo, Ecuador
A Pseudomyrmex sp. elongate twig ant cradles a droplet of honeydew between her mandibles.

Mindo, Ecuador
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