Mark Moffett / Ant (Philidris sp) feeding on the oily orange spores of a host fern The ant lives in the fern's stem, where it drags nutrient rich debris to create compost for the fern, Borneo.

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologoten diversus) group chewing on a bamboo shoot, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) nest chamber showing brood, prey and large replete workers, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker ant smashes the mid-section of a long centipede caught during a raid, which the smallest minor worker ants have pinned down, Celebes Island, Indonesi...

Chien Lee / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) team attacking a beetle grub with minor workers assisted by their larger sisters who cut the grub into smaller pieces, Lambir Hills National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) team attacking a beetle grub with minor workers assisted by their larger sisters who cut the grub into smaller pieces, Lambir Hills National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) team attacking a beetle grub with minor workers assisted by their larger sisters who cut the grub into smaller pieces, Lambir Hills National Park, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor workers carrying snail, Singapore

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) beneath covered trails (arcades) to harvest nuts, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) carrying seed, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) group carrying caterpillar, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus), minor workers of two colonies fighting, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus), major worker lifting twig from trail with head, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus), major worker carrying many minor workers, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) trunk trail with soil sides and partial soil cover, extending through the leaf litter in Johor, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor workers attacking termite soldier at front lines of a raid, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus), major worker cutting twig impeding trail, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus), minor worker trail guards facing aggressive Army Ants (Leptogenys sp), Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker crushing termite soldier that little minor workers are pinning down, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton affinis) group on trail, Gombak, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group carrying a worm back to their nest, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologoten diversus) group harvesting the coat of a palm tree nut, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton sp) queen with eggs attached to abdomen, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) worker attacking human finger, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) pair of smaller ants work together to push twig that is blocking trail

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Hamish Robertson examines fynbos shrub which depends on Marauder Ants (Pheidologeton sp) to plant its seeds like gardeners, Cape Town, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) workers retrieve seeds, and tear them apart for a meal, Namibia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker transports pair of minor worker ants

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group of major and minor workers collecting seeds from harvest grass, major worker pulls seeds out and hands them to minor workers

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) kill older queen ant in nest and drag her outside, Singapore

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) carrying brood during emigration

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) carrying brood during emigration

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group of minor workers carry flower back to nest

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group of minor workers carrying snail

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group carries caterpillar and seeds back to nest

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor workers and a major worker carry caterpillar back to nest

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor workers carry lizard egg back to nest

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) swarm of minor workers with major worker carry lizard that is still alive, but its legs have been torn off

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker rearing up over vanquished foreign ant of another species, that it has just killed

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker chopping off head of intruder ant

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) major worker ants on gang killing rampage

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor workers pin down Ant (Diacamma sp) intruder on trail

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor worker on the head of a major worker from the same nest, the major worker shown here has a head width almost exactly ten-fold that of the minor, 56mm versus...

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) male (on top) mating with winged virgin queen males mate and then die, they do not serve any other purpose to the colony

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton silenus) swarm, tens of thousands of advancing ants can cover several square meters and attack anything that gets in their path, Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest, Johor, Ma...

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) portrait of major worker with minor workers showing vast size difference of the caste members, approximately 9x magnification, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) close up of two battling minor workers pulling on each other after fighting for nearly an hour, antennas and limbs begin to pop off under the strain, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) media worker extracting grass seeds that minor workers carry away, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) portrait of major worker carrying minor workers on its back

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) portrait of major worker carrying minor workers on its back, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) carries off the body of an intruder Ant (Diacamma sp) who tried to get through the trunk trail, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) pair defending the trunk trail from intruding Army Ant (Leptogenys sp) pair, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) rearing up with open jaws in threat posture, guarding the trunk trail, southern India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group carrying seed to nest, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group carrying lizard egg back to nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Blue Bottle Fly (Bengalia sp) perched on leaf above Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) trail, waiting to grab food from ants, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) swarm carrying earthworm back to nest, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) group carrying earthworm back to nest, with two minor workers riding on prey as guards, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) minor workers pin down a frog while major workers deal the death blows, India

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) swarm attacking photographer Mark Moffett's legs, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton silenus) queen next to minor worker, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) trail with soil walls, Borneo

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) workers removing debris that accumulates near the nest, India

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Hamish Robertson examines fynbos shrub which depends on Marauder Ants (Pheidologeton sp) to plant its seeds like gardeners, Cape Town, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Marauder Ant (Pheidologeton diversus) workers retrieve seeds, and tear them apart for a meal, Namibia