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.

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An Eciton hamatum army ant soldier. Ecuador.

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

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

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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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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.

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In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an army ant (Eciton rapax) carries plundered brood of another ant species back to its bivouac.

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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.

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A gallery of Eciton army ants.

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

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

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