clipped from: www.smithsonianmag.com 
A leafcutter ant (Acromyrmex octospinosus) cuts a papaya leaf.
An Australian bull dog ant tends larvae.
Herdsman ants (Dolichoderus cuspidatus) tend aphids, carrying adults from place to place.
An Ecuadorean ant prepares to crush a grasshopper in its traplike mandibles.
Thaumatomyrmex use their basket jaw to strip prey.
A carpenter ant (Camponotus sp) on the tendril of a host villose pitcher plant. This is a symbiotic relationship where the ants help the host digest insects in exchange for living space.
A group of leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carries leaves back to the nest.
Daceton ants wing juice from a caterpillar as they try to transport it.
A harvester ant is cleaned by smaller cone ants.
Army ant (Eciton burchellii) workers carrying a section of dismembered prey back to the nest.
Honeypot ants engage in ritualized battle.
