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alexwild > A young Stigmacros queen pauses to groom herself while looking for a spot to found a new colony. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > A young Camponotus festinatus queen scales a grass blade to launch herself on a nocturnal mating flight. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Ants that nest in trees often have bizarre adaptations for plugging the entrances to their nests. This Camponotus papago queen has a cork-like head that doubles as a door. Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Camponotus papago, alate queen Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Trachymyrmex arizonensis foundress queen in her incipient fungus garden. Notice the fine white hyphae of the mutualistic fungus as it grows over the substrate of vegetative debris she has provided for it. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > The intricate galleries of a fungus garden of Mycetosoritis hartmanni in a laboratory colony. Texas, USA
alexwild > A queen leafcutter ant (Atta texana) dwarfs her daughter workers. Captive colony at the University of Texas
alexwild > A queen leafcutter ant (Atta texana) dwarfs her daughter workers. Captive colony at the University of Texas
alexwild > A young Azteca isthmica queen cuts into the soft tissue of a Cecropia tree to gain access to the hollow center. The trees welcome such an intrusion: the resident Azteca colony founded by this queen will provide ample protection from herbivores. Coclé, Panama
A young Stigmacros queen pauses to groom herself while looking for a spot to found a new colony.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > A young Stigmacros queen pauses to groom herself while looking for a spot to found a new colony. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A young Stigmacros queen pauses to groom herself while looking for a spot to found a new colony.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
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