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We may think our species dominates the planet but ants have been around a lot longer than us and have evolved social structures as complex and varied as human societies.

I am currently in Costa Rica filming army ants and leaf-cutter ants. Both have been called Super-organisms - millions of individuals working together as a single unit.

Keep an eye on my website to see when and where the footage of ants will be screened.

Army ants starting a raid. Hundreds of thousands of ants will spread out across the forest floor in a swarm, capturing and killing prey that crosses their path.

Army ants go through cycles of moving home every night. Their temporary nest or bivouac is literally constructed out of their bodies - all linked together. This shows a new bivouac in the early stages of forming.

Army ants vary in shape and size according to the task they perform. Here you can see a larger porter, several medium sized workers and a very small worker (underneath) all helping to carry the dismembered body part of an insect killed on a raid.

A soldier army ant stands guard while workers march past searching for food

Filming Army Ants