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Camponotus sp?
Battle to the death.
Major soldier ant attacked by Minor soldier
ants of same species.
Note the former has completely lost two
legs on one side, having been chewed
off near the body by the smaller ants.
While the small ants were doing this work,
Some of them paid dearly with their lives, as the
large ant cut several of the smaller ones
on half with its mandibles, as is plainly seen
by the head attached to the base of hind
leg and one on the antennae.
These jaws set in a death grip.
Subject very much enlarged.
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