Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ant (Atta sp) female worker carrying leaf to nest, with a smaller 'minor' ant riding. The minor's job is to protect her sister from parasitic flies. Costa Rica, December. Highly Commended,...

Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves over the rainforest floor to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Leafcutter ants (Atta) carrying pieces of leaves back to their nest, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Column of Leaf cutter ants (Atta) carrying cut pieces of leaves along the forest floor towards therr nest, Orellana Province, Ecuador, 2018. (non-ex)

Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of Black garden ants (Lasius niger) moving exposed eggs underground, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead insect back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Brian Bevan / Close-up of a group of Wood ants (Formica rufa) carrying a dead Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) back to their nest, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Ammonite / Tracking shot over a Wood ant (Formica rufa) nest, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Ammonite / Close up of a Wood ant (Formica rufa) nest, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Ingo Arndt / Red wood ant (Formica rufa) carrying construction material to anthill (fir needles), Germany.

Ingo Arndt / European Red Wood Ant (Formica polyctena) nests in pine forest, Hessen, Germany, July.

Ingo Arndt / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group on entrance from nest, built from woven leaves, Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park, Australia.