Hunting technique in Harpegnathos saltator jumping ants: snare the prey with tiny barbs on the long mandibles and reach around with the stinger to find a soft spot. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University, USA
A worker Harpegnathos saltator carries a paralyzed cricket back to her laboratory nest. The weight of the cricket is several times that of the ant. Laboratory colony at Arizona State University
A Camponotus (maculatus group) worker scavenges the carcass of a planthopper. Kibale Forest, Uganda