A young Brachymyrmex queen tends to her first eggs. Maquipucuna reserve, Napo, Ecuador - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Mating & Colony Founding

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Stigmatomma oregonensis queen in mate-calling posture, in a laboratory nest. She extrudes her sting to release pheromones.

Quincy, California, USA

A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen raises her first crop of workers sealed in an underground chamber. She feeds the developing larvae with reserves from her own body.

South Bristol, New York, USA

Prenolepis imparis is the first ant to hold mating flights every year in temperate North America. Alates wait out the winter and emerge on the first warm spring days. This photo was taken in early March.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A young Azteca isthmica queen cuts into the soft tissue of a Cecropia tree to gain access to the hollow center. The trees welcome such an intrusion: the resident Azteca colony founded by this queen will provide ample protection from herbivores.

Coclé, Panama

Brachymyrmex patagonicus rover ants mating. This species is introduced to the United States from South America.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A young Brachymyrmex queen tends to her first eggs.

Maquipucuna reserve, Napo, Ecuador

A young Camponotus festinatus queen scales a grass blade to launch herself on a nocturnal mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Early morning sun catches a mating flight of Forelius mccooki in the Sonoran desert.

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A young Brachymyrmex queen tends to her first eggs.

Maquipucuna reserve, Napo, Ecuador

A young Brachymyrmex queen tends to her first eggs.

Maquipucuna reserve, Napo, Ecuador

A young Brachymyrmex queen tends to her first eggs.

Maquipucuna reserve, Napo, Ecuador

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Keywords: claustral queen ants formicinae colony founding ant life cycle

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