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Contents

Introduction:Travels with My Ants

A Brief Primer on Ants

Marauder Ant, the Ultimate Omnivore

1. Strength in Numbers

2. The Perfect Swarm

3. Division of Labor

4. Infrastructure

5. Group Transport

African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm

6. Big Game Hunters

7. Clash of the Titans

8. Notes from Underground

Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air

9. Canopy Empires

10. Fortified Forests

11. Negotiating the Physical World

Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker

12. Slaves of Sagehen Creek

13. Abduction in the Afternoon

Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener

14. A Fungus Farmer’s Life

15. The Origins of Agriculture

Argentine Ant, the Global Invader

16. Armies of the Earth

17. The Immortal Society

Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant

Acknowledgments and a Note on Content

Notes

Index