Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata)

Huge (up to an inch long) tropical ants named for their painful sting, one of the most painful stings of any kind in the world, which reportedly feels like being hit by a bullet. More information.

Photographed near Cabañas Burbayar, Panama/San Blas border, 4/1/04.

Near Cabañas Burbayar, Panama/San Blas border, 4/2/04.

All photographs and text ©2013 by Will Cook unless otherwise noted.