Camponotus nigriceps, the black-headed sugar ant. Australia.

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Ectatomma edentatum. Like most insects, this species has no common name even though it’s reasonably abundant. Argentina.

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Eurhopalothrix gravis, a stealth predator. Ecuador.

Zasphinctus sarowiwai, a blind subterranean predator of other ant species. Uganda.

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Cephalotes texanus, the Texas turtle ant, has a head that serves as a living door.

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Camponotus sericeiventris, the golden carpenter ant, is a gliding species that uses its flattened legs to steer back to a tree trunk if it falls from a branch in the forest canopy. Brazil.

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