Photos of ants

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Bornean ant	Fire ant	Fire ants in Borneo
Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect up a tree trunk	Ants on a red-orange flower bud	Bornean ant
Ants feeding on a fallen cicada	Leaf-cutter ant nest Note that virtually all ground vegetation has been striped or cleared from the area Location: Tambopata rainforestV	Fire ant
Ant nest made of leaves Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru	Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru	Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru
Ants Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru	Leaf cutter ant carrying leaf (Atta, Acromyrmex) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru	Large ant in Borneo rainforest
Leaf-cutter ant nest Location: Tambopata rainforest	Ginormous ant on forest floor Location: Tambopata rainforest	Gigantic ant on forest floor Location: Tambopata rainforest
Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) Bullet ants are known for their severe sting. Their stings are said to be the most painful and debilitating known for any insect Location: Tambopata rainforest	Leaf cutter ants entering their nest	Leaf-cutter ants entering their nest
Ant atop a heliconia flower	Ants in a symbiotic relationship with a plant in the Amazon rainforest	Polyrhachis pruinosa ant, a species that specializes on pitcher plant feeding

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