Myrmecocystus mimicus alate female, worker, and larva. Carrizo Plain Nat'l Monument, California, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Queen Ants

Images of the female reproductive caste.

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Megalomyrmex adamsae queen and workers. This species is a social parasite that inhabits the nest of Trachymyrmex fungus-growing ants.

Panama; captive colony at the University of Texas

Melissotarsus weissi, queen (right) and worker.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

Monomorium sydneyense queen and workers in the brood nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Monomorium sydneyense queen and workers in the nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Monomorium ergatogyna queen and workers.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

A young Myrmica queen searches for a nesting site following her mating flight.

Clinton Lake Recreation Area, Illinois, USA

Mystrium mysticum has an unusual caste system. These unusual ants are dimorphic, with a small red caste that appears to work mostly in the brood nest and a larger, dark caste that performs most of the foraging and guarding of the nest. Interestingly, the ants that perform as reproductive queens are drawn from the smaller caste.

Madagascar

Myrmecocystus mimicus alate female, worker, and larva.

Carrizo Plain Nat'l Monument, California, USA

Myrmecocystus mimicus alate female, worker, and larva.

Carrizo Plain Nat'l Monument, California, USA

Myrmecocystus mimicus alate female, worker, and larva.

Carrizo Plain Nat'l Monument, California, USA

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