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Last update: 2017-07-27
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 Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Soldier army ants
(Costa Rica)
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 Leaf-cutter ants
(Costa Rica)
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 Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0825]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0825.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0825]
(Costa Rica)
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 Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant
(Costa Rica)
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 Army ant column
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0827]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0827.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0827]
(Costa Rica)
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 Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0822]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0822.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0822]
(Costa Rica)
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 Army ant soldiers
(Costa Rica)
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![Army ant soldiers [costa-rica-d_0408]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0408.jpg) Army ant soldiers [costa-rica-d_0408]
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0832]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0832.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0832]
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0826]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0826.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0826]
(Costa Rica)
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![Soldier army ants [costa-rica-d_0414]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0414.jpg) Soldier army ants [costa-rica-d_0414]
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0821]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0821.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0821]
(Costa Rica)
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![Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant [costa-rica-d_0409]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0409.jpg) Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant [costa-rica-d_0409]
(Costa Rica)
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![Black wasp [costa-rica_0025]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0025.jpg) Black wasp [costa-rica_0025]
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0830]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0830.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0830]
(Costa Rica)
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 Trail of leaf-cutter ants
(Costa Rica)
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 Ants swam leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Ants swam leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Ant in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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![Leaf-cutter ant nest [costa-rica_0477]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0477.jpg) Leaf-cutter ant nest [costa-rica_0477]
(Costa Rica)
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 Debris from a leaf-cutter ant nest
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0823]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0823.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0823]
(Costa Rica)
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 Trail of leaf-cutter ants carrying yellow leaves
(Costa Rica)
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 Ants swam leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Leaf cutter ant nest
(Costa Rica)
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![Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant [costa-rica-d_0411]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica-d_0411.jpg) Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant [costa-rica-d_0411]
(Costa Rica)
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 Ant carrying flower petal in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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 Soldiers of an army ant column
(Costa Rica)
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 Black wasp
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0817]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0817.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0817]
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0831]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0831.jpg) Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0831]
(Costa Rica)
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![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0825]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0825.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0827]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0827.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0822]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0822.jpg)
![Army ant soldiers [costa-rica-d_0408]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica-d_0408.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0832]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0832.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0826]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0826.jpg)
![Soldier army ants [costa-rica-d_0414]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica-d_0414.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0821]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0821.jpg)
![Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant [costa-rica-d_0409]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica-d_0409.jpg)
![Black wasp [costa-rica_0025]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0025.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0830]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0830.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ant nest [costa-rica_0477]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0477.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0823]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0823.jpg)
![Closeup on the jaws of a soldier army ant [costa-rica-d_0411]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica-d_0411.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0817]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0817.jpg)
![Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0831]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/780/costa-rica/costa-rica_0831.jpg)