Pictures of ants [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Black ants (Thailand) Leaf-cutter ant nest Ants eating a caterpillar (Indonesia) Yellow fungi growing on decaying logs Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Army ants Army ants Ant nest in a tree Swarm of orange ants Ants on the forest floor (Suriname) Giant ant Ant (Suriname) Leafcutter ants Red soldier ant Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves back to their nest Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Polyrhachis pruinosa ant; a species that specializes on pitcher plant feeding (Malaysia) Ants (California) Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant (Costa Rica) Bornean ant (Malaysia) Debris from a leaf-cutter ant nest (Costa Rica) Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves, with a tiny ant riding the leaves White mushroom on forest floor Location: Tambopata rainforestV (Peru) Passion vine blossom with resident ant species (Suriname) Atta leaf-cutter ants (Costa Rica) Dead spider carried by troupe of ants Leaf cutter ant nest (Costa Rica) Ant Giant black ant Ants feeding from a plant nectary (Suriname) Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves, with a tiny ant riding the leaves Fire ants in Kalimantan (Indonesia) Ants scurry over the leaf litter in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Soldiers of an army ant column (Costa Rica) Large ant in Borneo rainforest (Indonesia) Ants hauling body parts of a dead insect (Indonesia) Ants (California) Ants feeding on bird dropping Orange beetle being carried by ants Leaf cutter ants (Atta; Acromyrmex) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Ants on the forest floor (Suriname) Leaf cutter ants entering their nest in Parque Tayrona Leaf-cutter ant nest (Costa Rica) Leafcutter ants Ant tube Ants on the forest floor (Suriname) Red soldier leaf-cutter ant Polyrhachis pruinosa ant; a species that specializes on pitcher plant feeding (Malaysia) Ant nest (Suriname) Lemon ant Ants feeding on bird droppings Giant black ant (Brazil) Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves Ant Leaf-cutter ant Army ants Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves, with a tiny ant riding the leaves Ant Atta leaf-cutter ants (Costa Rica) Ants eating a caterpillar (Indonesia) Giant ant (Malaysia) Soldier ant (Gabon) Ants protecting host tree from damage (Gabon) Soldier ant (Gabon) Ant tree in Gabon (Gabon) Ant on flower bud (Gabon) ants: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3