Pheidole metallescens, minor and major workers.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Minor (left) and major males of Dynastes granti, the western hercules beetle.

Arizona, USA
Worker (top) and soldier subterranean termites, Reticulitermes sp.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Soldier Tenuirostritermes are smaller than the workers of their species. 

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Tenuirostritermes termites

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA
Onthophagus taurus dung beetles, showing size and horn variation among males.

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Major and minor workers of Cephalotes rohweri, the Arizona turtle ant. 

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Pheidole floridana

Brackenridge Field Lab, Austin, Texas
Protected inside a translucent silken tent, Oecophylla longinoda weaver ants gather honeydew from mealybugs. The ants weave the tent using silk produced by their larvae.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Pheidole metallescens, minor and major workers.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pheidole metallescens, minor and major workers.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Pheidole metallescens, minor and major workers.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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