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Neivamyrmex californicus
California, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2003

Neivamyrmex army ants are specialist predators of the brood of other ant species. Here a worker army ant attacks a defending Tetramorium worker as others plunder the Tetramorium brood.



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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.