Invertebrates > Formicids & Hymenoptera
The Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata), known in indigenous languages as ‘hormiga veinticuatro’ (the 24-hour ant), is a colossal, primitive poneromorph ant belonging to the monotypic subfamily Paraponerinae. Indigenous to the hot, humid primary rainforests of...
Invertebrates > Formicids & Hymenoptera
The Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes), celebrated across sociobiology and entomology as one of nature’s original and most sophisticated agriculturalists, is a colonial eusocial insect belonging to the ant family Formicidae. Indigenous to the vibrant tropical...
