Ant Gallery

Overview

Here's your chance to get up close with these incredible, tiny creatures. Click on any of the ant images in the gallery below and use the virtual microscope to explore tiny details that are normally too small to see.

Once you take a closer look you will probably agree that you would not want to be a tiny tasty morsel standing around these ladies. Yes, these ants are all females, as are all worker ants.

These are just a few of the strangest-looking ants from around the world, photographed by ant scientist Alex Wild.

To learn more about ants, read Face to Face with Ants.

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