Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb weaver (Micrathena) biting a flying ant caught in its web prior to eating it, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis schlueteri) infected with Sac Fungus (Cordyceps sp), Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp), Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis armata), Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis armata) pair from two different colonies fighting, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp), Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis pubescens), Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis pubescens), Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp), Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) pair exchanging food, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis cyaniventris), Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis cyaniventris), Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis cyaniventris), Mount Isarog National Park, Philippines

Paul Bertner / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) carrying pupa, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Paul Bertner / Ant (Polyrhachis rufipes) harvesting honeydew from Leafhopper (Cicadellidae), Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Fungus (Ophiocordyceps sp) growing from Ant (Polyrhachis ypsilon), Danum Valley Field Center, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ant (Polyrhachis ypsilon), Danum Valley Field Centre, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ant (Polyrhachis armata) feeding on nutrients in bird dung, Nanga Sumpa, Batang Ai National Park, Malaysia

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) nest with fence built by using flattened stalks from Acacia trees, central Australia

Chien Lee / Jumping Spider (Salticidae) mimicking Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis armata), Gunung Penrissen, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) in search of sweet nectar on the tenuous foothold of a Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata), Serian, Sarawak, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) with protective spikes, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Golden Spiny ant (Polyrhachis sp.) collecting fig seeds from animal droppings and taking them to their nest in a canopy tree, in doing so they distribute fig seeds to favorable locations for growth. G...

Tim Laman / Golden Spiny ant (Polyrhachis sp.) collecting fig seeds from animal droppings and taking them to their nest in a canopy tree, in doing so they distribute fig seeds to favorable locations for growth. G...

Tim Laman / Golden spiny ant (Polyrhachis sp) collecting fig seeds from animal droppings and taking them to their nest in a canopy tree crotch could be helping to spread fig seeds to favorable locations for growt...

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) cleaning antennae, Virachey National Park, Cambodia

Thomas Marent / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) with cocoon, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) with cocoon, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis armata), newly mated queen, Virachey National Park, Cambodia

Mark Moffett / Israeli Weaver Ant (Polyrhachis simplex) nest made of grasses and silk

Mark Moffett / Israeli Weaver Ant (Polyrhachis simplex) group inside silk nest

Mark Moffett / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) group harvesting honeydew from treehoppers, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp) worker, presumed model for ant mimicking katydids and spiders, Guinea, West Africa

Chien Lee / Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis sp), Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia