Photo Feature
The Assassination
<p>A worker jumping ant caught in the act of murdering a queen. The image was shot in Karnataka’s Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern Western Ghats. The queen had just torn off her own wings after a successful mating and was scouring the forest floor in search of a suitable nest site. To minimise predation, queens time their exodus from natal nests only when they are ready to mate.</p>
<p><em>Image: Kalyan Varma, Sanctuary Photographer of the Year, 2005 </em></p>