Eurhopalothrix gravis
Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Portrait of a stealth predator. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Inside the brood nest. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Few ants are more bizarre in appearance than the basicerotines. These insects are stealth predators in rotting wood and leaf litter in tropical forests. The function of the spoon-like hairs is unknown. Mindo, Pinchincha, Ecuador.
Two rows of sharp teeth line the mandibles of the stealth predator Eurhopalothrix gravis. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Eurhopalothrix procera
Breaking open a rotting log in an Australian rain forest reveals a nest of Eurhopalothrix procera. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A worker ant delicately handles a freshly-laid egg. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
With larva in the brood nest. Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia
A worker with developing brood. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
