Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ant (Atta sp) female worker carrying leaf to nest, with a smaller 'minor' ant riding. The minor's job is to protect her sister from parasitic flies. Costa Rica, December. Highly Commended,...
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Kim Taylor / Bachacs / Leafcutter ants {Atta cephalotes} carrying sections of Cocoa leaf bearing 'riders' thought to ward off parasitic flies which would otherwise lay their eggs on the pieces of leaf. Trinidad, W...
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Chien Lee / Minden / Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata), El Coca, Ecuador
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Neil Challis / Weaver ant (Oecophylla sp.) workers using their mandibles to pull two leaves together as part of their nest building process, Western Thailand.
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Neil Challis / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp.) attacking and pulling the legs of a Formicine ant (Polyrhachis proxima) on the forest floor, Western Thailand.
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Neil Challis / Weaver ants (Oecophylla sp.) pulling apart a Kapok bug (Probergrothius nigricornis) and carrying it back to their nest, Western Thailand.
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David Weiller / Atta leaf-cutter ants (Genus atta) harvesting leaves and pink flower petals, Ecuador, February.
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Ripan Biswas / Ant-mimicking crab spider (Amyciaea lineatipes) predating a weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) . Ant-mimicking crab spiders live around ant colonies. Buxa tiger reserve, India. Winning Portfolio of th...
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Piotr Naskrecki / Termite (Macrotermes mossambicus) winged individual on pile of wings shed by other termites, with winged male Carpenter ants (Camponotus). Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Highly commended in the...
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Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves and pieces of yellow flowers along a branch, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves over the rainforest floor to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army ants (Eciton rapax) on the rainforest floor, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Leaf cutter ant (Atta) carrying a leaf along a branch, Orellana Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Leafcutter ants (Atta) carrying pieces of leaves back to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta) carrying cut pieces of leaves along the forest floor towards therr nest, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)
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Emanuele Biggi / Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp.) and Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis royi) together, Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru. These species have a commensal relationship. The tara...
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Emanuele Biggi / Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp.) adult, walking over Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis royi) without preying on it. Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru. These species have a com...
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Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Wood ants (Formica rufa) on anthill, squirting formic acid to repel threat, Bavaria, Germany, April.
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David Perpinan / Close-up of a Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) eating ants, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
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Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of Black garden ants (Lasius niger) moving exposed eggs underground, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.
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Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead insect back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.
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Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
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Jabruson Motion / Female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) 'Wati' feeding on ants, with a juvenile wanting to join in, Bukit Lawang Orangutan Sanctuary, Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Jabruson Motion / Female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) 'Wati' feeding on ants with a juvenile, Bukit Lawang Orangutan Sanctuary, Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Jabruson Motion / Female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) 'Wati' feeding on ants, Bukit Lawang Orangutan Sanctuary, Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Jabruson Motion / Female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) 'Wati' feeding on ants, Bukit Lawang Orangutan Sanctuary, Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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James Dunbar / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp.) communicating. Guadeloupe National Park, Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands.
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Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting pieces of a banana leaf, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) silhouetted carrying plant matter, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Laguna del Lagarto, Santa Rita, Costa Rica
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying plant matter, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ant (Atta sp) carrying pink flower segment, Santa Rita, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying colourful plant matter, reflected in water, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying piece of leaf, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ant (Atta sp) carrying colourful pieces of plant material, Santa Rita, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying pieces of fern, reflected in water, Costa Rica.
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Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying plant matter, Costa Rica.
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MYN / JP Lawrence / Velvet ant (Dasymutilla quadriguttata) Oxford, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. 3rd place in the Insects and Spiders category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitions 2015.
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Nature Production / Kuronagaari ant (Messor aciculatus) carrying dandelion seed.
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Theo Webb / Driver ant (Dorylus) large soldier guarding smaller ants, in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.
