Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker on leaf protecting larger workers carrying leaf from parasitoid flies, Costa Rica

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta), also known as RIFA, worker portrait, highly invasive introduced species, Texas

Piotr Naskrecki / Higher Termite (Cubitermes pallidiceps) queen being groomed by workers, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Mark Moffett / Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) colony envelops the queen to protect her from harm, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Piotr Naskrecki / Dracula Ant (Amblyopone sp) worker puncturing the skin of a larva to sip its trickling blood, this behavior does not seem to harm the larva, but feeds the adults, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus cylindricus) has ruptured her body to spew a sticky yellow glue, which has killed both her and the larger worker of another Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp), Brunei, Borneo, Mal...

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker scooping sand from nest, eastern Australia

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker carrying stone out of nest, eastern Australia

Paul Bertner / Ant (Cephalotes sp) carrying worker to save its energy, Manu National Park, Peru

Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers feeding insect parts to pupa, France

Roland Seitre / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker building nest, France

Christian Ziegler / Driver Ant (Vespa helvola) soldiers protecting workers, Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo