Empire of the Ants

For other uses, see Empire of the Ants (disambiguation).
"The Empire of the Ants"
Short story by H. G. Wells
Opening illustration for the story in Amazing Stories magazine, 1926.
CountryUnited Kingdom
GenreScience fiction
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"The Empire of the Ants" is a 1905 short story by H. G. Wells about an explorer who is dispatched to South America to investigate reports of intelligent ants destroying a colony. A 1977 film, Empire of the Ants, was loosely based on Wells' story, which also inspired the 1974 film Phase IV.

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