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Male ants often look little like their sisters. This is an Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant. Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Male ants often look little like their sisters. This is an Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant. Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Brachymyrmex depilis, winged queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Linepithema tsachila, male Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Linepithema tsachila, male Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
A young Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus queen climbs vegetation to help launch herself on a mating flight. This species is a social parasite, and following her flight this queen will infiltrate the nest of another Lasius species and attempt to usurp the resident queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A young Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus queen climbs vegetation to help launch herself on a mating flight. This species is a social parasite, and following her flight this queen will infiltrate the nest of another Lasius species and attempt to usurp the resident queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Reticulitermes subterranean termites. A winged reproductive takes flight. Davis, California, USA
Formica ravida alate queen searching for a potential host colony. This species is parasitic in the colony-founding stage, as newly-mated queens enter nests of other Formica species, kill the resident queen, and usurp the colony. California, USA
Brachymyrmex depilis, winged queen.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Brachymyrmex depilis, winged queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Brachymyrmex depilis, winged queen.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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