Camponotus vicinus queen greatly swollen with eggs. Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Queen Ants

Images of the female reproductive caste.

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A queen leafcutter ant (Atta texana) dwarfs her daughter workers.

Captive colony at the University of Texas

A queen leafcutter ant (Atta texana) dwarfs her daughter workers.

Captive colony at the University of Texas

Aphaenogaster occidentalis queen and workers. This species is one of the most common ants in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

Blodgett Forest, California, USA

Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sp. colony showing the queen (lower left) and a winged male (upper left) among workers and brood.

Kibale Forest, Uganda

Camponotus vicinus queen greatly swollen with eggs.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

A young foundress queen of Cephalotes grandinosus.

Isla Contadora, Panama

A young foundress queen of Cephalotes grandinosus, showing the plate on her head that she uses to block the nest entrance.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Camponotus pennsylvanicus, the eastern black carpenter ant, winged queen

South Bristol, New York, USA

Caste in the carpenter ant Camponotus discolor: male (left), queen (right), worker (bottom).

Louisiana, USA

Camponotus vicinus queen greatly swollen with eggs.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

Camponotus vicinus queen greatly swollen with eggs.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

Camponotus vicinus queen greatly swollen with eggs.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

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