Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) worker from an unenslaved colony biting a much larger Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) worker, if the slavemaker ant survives this attack and is able to get back to its...

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) worker from an unenslaved colony biting a much larger Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) worker, if the slavemaker ant survives this attack and is able to get back to its...

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) feeding a worker of the Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus), Ohio

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) tending the pupa from a colony of Slave-maker Ants (Protomognathus americanus) inside a hollowed-out acorn, Ohio

Mark Moffett / Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) colony living in a hollowed-out acorn with orange-colored slave Ants (Temnothorax sp) tending the brood, Ohio

Mark Moffett / Slave-making Ant (Protomognathus americanus) and their orange Ant (Temnothorax sp) slaves in acorn, Ohio

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) worker from an unenslaved colony biting a much larger Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) worker after dropping the pupa it was protecting, if the slavemaker ant survives...

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) standing over a much larger Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) worker that it has killed, despite having lost part of its jaw, it won a much larger victory, if the slavem...

Emanuele Biggi / Ant colony (Temnothorax sp.) on a tree, queen, eggs and larvae surrounded by worker ants, Rome, Italy. March.