A soldier Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant.

Armenia, Belize
Portrait of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus rixosus with her jaws open. Note the forward-facing trigger hairs.

Cambodia (laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Portrait of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus rixosus with her jaws open. Note the forward-facing trigger hairs.

Cambodia (laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. This portrait is a composite of 64 photographs taken at different focal depths and stacked to produce an artificially sharp image. The unusual single-lens eyes are unique to this genus and may be the result of re-evolved vision from blind ancestors.

Armenia, Belize
A soldier Cephalotes porrasi turtle ant.

Armenia, Belize
An Eciton hamatum soldier stands guard over a column of army ants returning from the front.

Armenia, Belize
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp.

Koh Kong Province, Cambodia (laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Diacamma sp.

Pursat Province, Cambodia (Laboratory Colony at the University of Illinois)
Diacamma sp.

Pursat Province, Cambodia (Laboratory Colony at the University of Illinois)
Diacamma sp.

Pursat Province, Cambodia (Laboratory Colony at the University of Illinois)
Diacamma sp.

Pursat Province, Cambodia (Laboratory Colony at the University of Illinois)
Diacamma sp.

Pursat Province, Cambodia (Laboratory Colony at the University of Illinois)
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