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Male ants are specialized for mating and dispersal and often appear vastly different from their sisters. The little winged insect at center is a male Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant; the rest are female workers. Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Major and minor workers of a subterranean Pheidole species. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Camponotus textor is a new world weaver ant. Here, a pair of workers meet along a foraging trail. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Procryptocerus hylaeus, worker (left) and queen. Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Procryptocerus hylaeus, worker (left) and queen. Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Acropyga goeldii worker & alate queen. Workers are nearly blind, but queens have eyes to help navigate during their brief flight to start a new colony. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Acropyga goeldii worker & alate queen. Workers are nearly blind, but queens have eyes to help navigate during their brief flight to start a new colony. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Major and minor workers of the turtle ant Cephalotes pusillus engage in trophallaxis food-sharing behavior. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Major and minor workers of the turtle ant Cephalotes pusillus engage in trophallaxis food-sharing behavior. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Male ants are specialized for mating and dispersal and often appear vastly different from their sisters. The little winged insect at center is a male Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant; the rest are female workers.

Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Male ants are specialized for mating and dispersal and often appear vastly different from their sisters. The little winged insect at center is a male Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant; the rest are female workers. Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
Male ants are specialized for mating and dispersal and often appear vastly different from their sisters. The little winged insect at center is a male Odontomachus sp. trap-jaw ant; the rest are female workers.

Cambodia (Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois)
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