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Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (queen and workers)
Eciton burchellii submajor workers are a specialized caste for transporting large or awkward prey like this cricket leg. Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Proatta butteli queen and worker Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Solenopsis invicta, young alate queen in the nest. Austin, Texas, USA
Hypoponera opacior, worker and ergatoid male. Most ant males are wasp-like and winged, adapted for dispersing away from their home nest to mate with queens from other colonies. But some Hypoponera males are inbreeding specialists. These pale creatures are worker-like in appearance and mate with their sisters in the nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Camponotus mus Correa, Santa Fe, Argentina
A Simopelta queen with attendant workers running in a column. Her abdomen apparently exudes an attractant that keeps the attention of the following ant whose mouthparts are held open above abdominal segment 4. Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Venezuela
Pogonomyrmex badius, the Florida harvester ant, queen. Her enlarged thorax holds muscles from younger days when she had wings for dispersing from her natal nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
The Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius is the only North American pogo found east of the Mississippi, and the only species that is polymorphic in the worker caste. The individual on the right is a major worker whose enlarged head holds muscles useful for milling seeds. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (queen and workers)
Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (queen and workers)
Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (queen and workers)
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