Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Mating & Colony Founding

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

Tucson, Arizona, USA

A young meat ant queen (Iridomyrmex purpureus) excavates her first nest.

Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia

Iridomyrmex purpureus. A young meat ant queen searches for a place to start a nest.

Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia

A young Lasius 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

Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

A Pheidole foundress queen with her first eggs.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, the western harvester ants, mating

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA

Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Mating & Colony Founding

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