A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen with her first batch of eggs.

South Bristol, New York, USA
A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen raises her first crop of workers sealed in an underground chamber. She feeds the developing larvae with reserves from her own body.

South Bristol, New York, USA
A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen raises her first crop of workers sealed in an underground chamber. She feeds the developing larvae with reserves from her own body.

South Bristol, New York, USA
A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen with her first batch of eggs.

South Bristol, New York, USA
A nest maintenance worker carries soil excavated from deep within the nest (Aphaenogaster longiceps).

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A nest maintenance worker carries soil excavated from deep within the nest (Aphaenogaster longiceps).

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Aphaenogaster longiceps

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Portrait of Aphaenogaster fulva, a common woodland ant of northeastern North America.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A nest maintenance worker carries soil excavated from deep within the nest (Aphaenogaster longiceps).

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen with her first batch of eggs.

South Bristol, New York, USA
A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen with her first batch of eggs.

South Bristol, New York, USA
A young Aphaenogaster picea foundress queen with her first batch of eggs.

South Bristol, New York, USA
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