#armyants — Public Fediverse posts

In which our intrepid photographer narrowly escaped being murdered by driver ants in Kibale Forest, Uganda.

#Ants #Insects #Dorylus #ArmyAnts

At the Bugshot photography workshop in Arizona, we happened across a column of Neivamyrmex nigrescens army ants that had popped above ground to grab termites after their mating flights. A real feast, hauled away to feed hungry ant larvae. #Neivamyrmex #ArmyAnts #ants #insects

When I have my military parade, it’s gonna be lit. It’s gonna be army ants for days. The biggest soldier ants you’ve ever seen.

#ants #insects #Eciton #armyants

A gallery of army ants:

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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/Army-Ants

A gallery of Eciton, the most famous of the neotropical army ants.

https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Eciton

#Eciton #Insects #ArmyAnts

In an Ecuadorian cloud forest, army ants (Eciton mexicanum) subdue a Neoponera huntress they have caught. Most army ants are rather specialized predators of other ants.

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Army Ants: a gallery from around the world.

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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/Army-Ants/

In spite of their fierce reputation, army ants mostly prey on other social insects. Here, Eciton mexicanum workers pin down a Neoponera huntress ant in an Ecuadorian cloud forest.

#Ants #Eciton #ArmyAnts #Ecuador #Insects

A gallery of army ants.

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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/Army-Ants/

@PeerCommunityIn Now published in Peer Community Journal, #Infections section: African #armyants at the forefront of #virome surveillance in a remote #tropicalforest https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.249

When a Neivamyrmex army ant column enters an Azteca territory, the Azteca ants attempt to dissuade the army ant advance by pinning down members of the front line. (Belize)

#Azteca #ArmyAnts #Insects #Photography #Rainforests #warfare

More army ant photos in the gallery:

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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/Army-Ants/

An Eciton burchellii army ant worker plugs a “pothole” in the ants’ path with her body. Note how her nestmates use her as a stepping stone. Ecuador.

#Insects #Eciton #ArmyAnts

A new #preprint #OpenScience #PeerReview by #PCI_Infections: Fritz M, et al (2023) African #armyants at the forefront of #virome surveillance in a remote #tropicalforest. #bioRxiv, #Infections https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.13.520061

Most army ant species are specialist predators on other social insects. Eciton mexicanum targets ponerine huntress ants such as this Neoponera. Mindo, Ecuador.

#Ants #Insects #Ecuador #ArmyAnts #Eciton