alexwild > Army ant males are most commonly seen at night where they arrive at porch lights, on wing from their natal colonies.  This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.  

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alexwild > Neivamyrmex opacithorax Army Ant Queen and Worker - Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Neivamyrmex army ants have workers of different sizes specialized for different tasks in the colony.  Huachuca mountains, Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Neivamyrmex army ants are specialized predators of other ant species.  Here a worker army ant drags an Aphaenogaster ant she has captured back to the bivouac.  Huachuca mountains, Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > An alert army ant stands guard over a column of her sisters.  Neivamyrmex nigrescens, Huachuca mountains, Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > The large winged insect in the middle of this column of Neivamyrmex nigrescens army ants is a male ant.  Male ants usually look nothing at all like their sisters, and are adapted instead for mating and dispersal.

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alexwild > Neivamyrmex californicus army ants attack a Tetramorium pavement ant.  Most army ant species are primarily predators of other ants.

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alexwild > Although army ants are often thought of as tropical insects, they are common in parts of North America as well.  These Neivamyrmex californicus army ants were photographed near San Francisco.

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alexwild > Most species of army ants, such as this Neivamyrmex nigrescens, are specialist predators of other ants. These raiding workers have discovered a young Lasius ant queen and are making quick work of her.  Arizona, USA.

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Army ant males are most commonly seen at night where they arrive at porch lights, on wing from their natal colonies. This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

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alexwild > Army ant males are most commonly seen at night where they arrive at porch lights, on wing from their natal colonies.  This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.  

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Army ant males are most commonly seen at night where they arrive at porch lights, on wing from their natal colonies. This army ant, Neivamyrmex swainsonii, is a broadly-distributed species found from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

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