Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army ants (Eciton rapax) on the rainforest floor, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Konrad Wothe / Army ants (Eciton burcellii) carrying eggs on a trail in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Province, Peru.

Theo Webb / Driver ant (Dorylus) large soldier guarding smaller ants, in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Solvin Zankl / Army ant (Dorylus sp.) close-up of male. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Mark Moffett / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii) workers carrying section of dismembered prey back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Army Ant (Eciton hamatum) colony forming a bridge by climbing over each other, some are carrying food back to nest, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Martin Dohrn / Army ant soldier portrait - jaws used for defence and suture purposes.{Eciton burchelli} Santa Rosa NP, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

Martin Dohrn / Army ant bivouac made entirely from body mass of migrating ants {Eciton burchelli} Santa Rosa NP, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

PREMAPHOTOS / Army ants forage for prey (Eciton burchelli) Trinidad

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army ants (Eciton rapax) on the rainforest floor, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army Ants (Eciton rapax) on the rainforest floor, with a Staphylinid beetle nearby, a nest parasite, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of Army ants (Eciton) marching over mossy tree roots on the rainforest floor, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)