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Dorylus helvolus
Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

photograph © Alex Wild 2008

Dorylus driver ants have lost their eyes and navigate instead using their keen senses of touch and smell.  Most Dorylus species are predators under the soil surface where eyesight is of limited use.

 
Republic of South Africa: 
Kwazulu-Natal, St. Lucia
2.vii.2008 28º23.0'S 32º24.5'E, 20m
Rainforest edge, trail of ants under rotting log.
voucher specimen deposited at ALWC

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D using a Canon 65mm MPE 1-5x macro lens.