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last updated 26.Apr.2008


Ants Fighting

Their warrior-like reputation aside, most ants will tend to avoid physical conflict with other ants when they can do so.  But some species regularly engage in territorial skirmishes, and others, like army ants, are predators on the brood of other ants and do not hesitate to attack.


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Linepithema-
Pogonomyrmex

Linepithema-
Pogonomyrmex

Formica gnava

Azteca & Odontomachus

Azteca & Camponotus

Camponotus vicinus

Oecophylla - Pheidole

Oecophylla- Opisthopsis

Oecophylla smaragdina

Forelius maccooki & Pogonomyrmex

Myrmecocystus-
Pogonomyrmex

Dorymyrmex-
Pogonomyrmex 

Dorymyrmex-
Pogonomyrmex

Neivamyrmex-
Tetramorium

Neivamyrmex opacithorax & Pheidole dentata

Neivamyrmex opacithorax & Pheidole

Neivamyrmex - Lasius

Leptomyrmex - Odontomachus

Nomamyrmex - Atta

Nomamyrmex esenbeckii

Leptomyrmex - Odontomachus

Myrmecia pilosula

Myrmecia pilosula

Tetramorium caespitum

Tetramorium caespitum

Tetramorium caespitum

Solenopsis invicta & Linepithema humile

Solenopsis invicta & Linepithema humile

Solenopsis invicta & Linepithema humile

Solenopsis invicta & Linepithema humile

Aphaenogaster - Acromyrmex

Aphaenogaster - Acromyrmex

Aphaenogaster- Pogonomyrmex

Pogonomyrmex- Dorymyrmex

Pogonomyrmex- Dorymyrmex

Pogonomyrmex- 
Dorymyrmex

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Podomyrma - Crematogaster

Podomyrma - Crematogaster

Podomyrma - Crematogaster


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