Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly (Phoridae...
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker carries leaf with its jaws full, workers carrying leaves must rely on a special cast of smaller ants riding on the leaves to defend against Phorid fly attack, F...
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) soldiers attack photographer's foot, soldiers specialize in vertebrate defense, rarely leaving the nest unless it is disturbed, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Phorid fly attacks unsuspecting Leafcutter Ants (Atta cephalotes) working with heads buried in flower, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Phorid fly attacks unsuspecting Leafcutter Ants (Atta cephalotes) working with heads buried in flower, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves to nest, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) colony and Mark Moffet, Kaw Mountains, French Guiana
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Mark Moffett / Phorid fly laying egg on back of unsuspecting Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker's head As the fly maggot grows it will consume the ant, French Guiana