SmugMug > keywords > major > A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant.  The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators. 

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences
SmugMug > keywords > major > A trail of Pheidole rhea, North America's largest Pheidole species.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
SmugMug > keywords > major > The long, sharp jaws of this Pheidole obscurithorax soldier indicate a predominately predatory species. 

Pensacola, Florida, USA
SmugMug > keywords > major > Major and minor workers of Atta cephalotes demonstrating the size extremes among worker ants in a single leafcutter ant colony.

Captive colony at the University of Illinois
SmugMug > keywords > major > 01 July 2009: Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher James Shields (33) pitches during the MLB game played between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays  at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON.  The Blue Jays would go on to defeat the Rays 5-0. *****Editorial Use Only*****
SmugMug > keywords > major > Army Ants and Other Nomads photo
SmugMug > keywords > major > Army Ants and Other Nomads photo
SmugMug > keywords > major > Army Ants and Other Nomads photo
SmugMug > keywords > major > Army Ants and Other Nomads photo
A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant. The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences
 > A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant.  The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators. 

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences
A soldier Eciton burchellii army ant. The ice-tong shaped mandibles defend the colony against vertebrate predators.

Captive colony at the California Academy of Sciences
Photo by: alexwild • see photo in gallery

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