Nigel Cattlin / Common vetch (Vicia sativa) with Red ant (Myrmica rubra) on bud. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Bull ant (Myrmecia mandibularis) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Bull ant (Myrmecia mandibularis) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Jumper ant (Myrmecia nigrocincta) Queensland, Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Nick Upton / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) collecting honeydew from Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) stem, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Bulldog ant (Myrmecia vindex) near Perth, Western Australia. April.

MYN / Tim Hunt / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) worker ants attending to larvae and pupae, Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, UK, August.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Australian bull ant (Myrmecia sp), Western Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Jack jumper ant (Myrmecia pilosula), Western Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Red Ant (Myrmica rubra) feeding on umbellifer flower. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June.

Roman Willi / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) milking Aphids (Aphididae) for honeydew, Lucerne, Switzerland. June.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Bull ant (Myrmecia sp.) portrait, Melbourne Museum, Australia. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Bull ant (Myrmecia sp.) portrait, Melbourne Museum, Australia. Captive.

Mike Read / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) colony found under a garden stepping stone, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK, April.