Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant biting {Dorylus/ Anomma speciess). Species is non-stinging, but jaws can tear human flesh. East Africa

Martin Dohrn / Driver ant / Siafu (Dorylus sp.) in nomadic stage carrying pupae

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant close up portrait of soldier with large jaws {Dorylus / Anomma species}. Ant is blind. Tanzania, East Africa

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant workers carrying larvae while migrating {Dorylus / Anomma species} Tanzania, East Africa

Jabruson / Army Ant (Dorylus sp) raiding column crossing a twig over water, heavily defended by soldier ants. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Jabruson / Army Ant (Dorylus sp) raiding column crossing a twig over water, heavily defended by soldier ants. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Chien Lee / Safari Ant (Dorylus laevigatus) guards protecting workers removing flesh off animal carcass, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Safari Ant (Dorylus laevigatus) guards protecting workers removing flesh off animal carcass, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Weaver Ant (Oecophylla sp) pair defending against Driver Ant (Dorylus nigricans) attack, Africa

Mark Moffett / Driver Ant (Dorylus nigricans) workers transporting huge numbers of their colony's pupae during emigration to a new nest site, Ghana

Mark Moffett / Driver Ant (Dorylus sp) emigration is being staged beneath this protective envelope of aggressive workers, Gabon

Mark Moffett / Driver Ant (Dorylus nigricans) trail guards in defensive position, Ghana

Bruno D'Amicis / Driver / Safari / Army ant (Dorylus sp.) column on forest floor, Kaffa zone, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) group attacking a colony of termites, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) group attacking termite, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) attacking termites, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) reproductive male with wings, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) group on the move with larger soldiers guarding the edge of the column, Atewa Range, Ghana

Mark Moffett / Driver Ant (Dorylus sp) workers investigating a termite fungus garden presented to them in an experiment in Gashaka, Nigeria

Mark Moffett / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) pair carrying food, Nigeria

Mark Moffett / Safari Ant (Dorylus laevigatus) workers moving in a dense mass, Malaysia

Premaphotos / Driver / African army ant (Dorylus nigricans) soldier ants guarding a column of worker ants, Kenya

Premaphotos / Driver / African army ant (Dorylus nigricans) ants moving the contents of their nest from one location to another, Kenya

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) soldier with jaws open in defensive display, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) attacking a much larger Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis), Guinea

Neil Lucas / Driver Ant {Dorylus nigricans} close-up of head with antennae and jaws.

Kim Taylor / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) column of workers and soldiers. Kenya

Kim Taylor / Driver ant (unidentified) winged male. South Africa, captive

PREMAPHOTOS / Driver ants {Dorylus nigricans} attack shelled snail which defends itself by producing foam, Kenya

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu (Safari) ants migrating {Dorylus / Anomma species} Tanzania, East Africa

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant in defensive/aggressive posture {Dorylus / Anomma species}

Martin Dohrn / African driver ant / Siafu / Safari ant in defensive posture {Dorylus / Anomma species}

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant in defensive pose {Dorylus / Anomma species}

Martin Dohrn / African driver ant / Siafu / Safari ant on the move {Dorylus / Anomma species}

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ants feeding on dead cobra. Prey stripped to the bone in three days {Dorylus / Anomma species}

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant nest under root system of banana tree {Dorylus / Anomma sp} Tanzania, East Africa

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ants attacking prey {Dorylus / Anomma species) East Africa

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari worker ants carrying larvae whole migrating {Dorylus / Anomma species) Tanzania, East Africa

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant migration trail {Dorylus / Anomma species}

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant {Dorylus / Anomma species} with male of species called 'Sausage fly'. East Africa

Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant biting {Dorylus/ Anomma species). Species is non-stinging, but jaws can tear human flesh. East Africa. Blind

PREMAPHOTOS / Driver ant soldier (Dorylus nigricans) Kenya

Premaphotos / Driver / African army ant (Dorylus nigricans) soldier ants guarding a column of worker ants, Uganda