This is the moment a group of weaver hungry ants entered into a tug of war after they captured a fly and desperately fought to have it for their dinner . The bright orange bugs were photographed in Tiruvalla , India as they battled with one another to take the stricken horse fly back to their nest . Photographer Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai said he took the photograph in his back garden , where a massive teak tree acts as a home for millions of half-inch long weaver ants . Pulling it apart : This is the moment a group of weaver hungry ants entered into a tug of war after they captured a fly and desperately fought to have it for their dinner . Not giving up : The photographs begin by showing two highly aggressive weaver ants fighting over the captured fly , before they are joined by a third . Battle : Photographer Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai said he took the photograph in his back garden , where a massive teak tree acts as a home for millions of half-inch long weaver ants . The photographs begin by showing two highly aggressive weaver ants fighting over the captured fly , before being joined by a third . Pulling their prey taught , the ants use all their strength to try to win the meal for themselves . The trio clearly take too long battling one another however , as minutes later they are joined by dozens more weaver ants who swarm over the horse fly and the surrounding teak tree twig . The battle for the horse lasted more than an hour before the weaver ants eventually compromised and settled down to eat the bug together . They took so long fighting one another that Mr Pillai was able to take dozens of photographs . Speaking of the battle , the 39-year-old neurosurgeon said : 'There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants . ' Aggresive : Pulling their prey taught , the ants use all their strength to try to win the meal for themselves . Overwhelmed : The trio clearly take too long battling one another however , as minutes later they are joined by dozens more weaver ants who swarm over the horse fly and the surrounding teak tree twig . Hungry : The battle for the horse lasted more than an hour before the weaver ants eventually compromised and settled down to eat the bug together . Stunning : The ants took so long fighting one another that Mr Pillai was able to take dozens of photographs . Weaver ant colonies can be extremely large , consisting of more than a hundred nests spanning numerous trees and containing more than half a million workers . 'Weaver ants are very aggressive insects and it is common to see them carrying dead bugs and worms . These ants stayed in position for a while allowing me to take some good pictures , Mr Pillai said . ' I was really happy with this shot , I knew that I had captured a unique moment , ' he added . 'As a result of rapid urbanisation , our children are not able to watch and learn from insects such as ants and spiders as easily as we once were able to . 'Because of this I feel it 's important for us to teach our kids to love and protect nature , ' Mr Pillai went on to say .
Bright orange weaver ants fought one another to take home a horse fly . Inch-long bugs pulled the animal taught as they battled for their dinner . Fight took more than an hour allowing Indian photographer Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai to take dozens of photographs . They eventually compromised and decided to eat the horse fly together .