Mark Moffett / Fire Ant (Solenopsis geminata) colony with queen ant, workers and pupae, Florida

Chien Lee / Termite (Hospitalitermes sp) soldiers defending a column of workers with chemical weaponry, each is capable of squirting a noxious fluid from the gland on its head, Tibu, Batang Ai National Park, Mala...

Ingo Arndt / Termite (Macrotermes bellicosus) worker, Africa

Ingo Arndt / Termite (Macrotermes bellicosus) workers building nest being guarded by soldier, Africa

Mark Moffett / Trap-jaw Ant (Acanthognathus sp) colony lodged within a single twig, Costa Rica

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

Mark Moffett / Phorid fly attacks unsuspecting Leafcutter Ants (Atta cephalotes) working with heads buried in flower, French Guiana

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

Mark Moffett / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) workers carrying leaves along trunk trail back to the nest, French Guiana

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

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