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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 Prenolepis imparis winter ant gyne climbs a twig prior to her early spring mating flight. Urbana, Illinois, 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
Doleromyrma darwiniana male and female alates in the nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Camponotus pennsylvanicus - eastern black carpenter ant (queen)
A young Solenopsis xyloni queen prepares to take flight. Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, California, USA
Crematogaster cerasi males emerge from the nest for a mating flight. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Lasius (Acanthomyops) interjectus citronella ants. Prior to a mating flight, males, queens, and workers gather at the surface. Citronella ants are normally subterranean, and the late summer flights are a rare chance to see them above ground. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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