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A queen Atta texana Texas leafcutter ant sits amid her much smaller daughters in the fungus garden. Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Monomorium sydneyense brood nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia
Proatta butteli is a polygynous species. Nests typically contain numerous fertile queens. Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Worker and soldier Reticulitermes subterranean termites. California, USA
Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Cracking open a twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex ejectus. The elongate shape of these gracile insects allows them to maneuver in tight spaces. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. The workers spend their entire lives underground and are nearly blind, but the queen's large eyes are used early in her life when she disperses from her natal nest to start a new colony. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
An underground trail of a South American army ant (Neivamyrmex bohlsi). The colony has workers of many different sizes, allowing the ants to attack and transport a larger range of prey. Lagunas Yala, Jujuy, Argentina
A queen Atta texana Texas leafcutter ant sits amid her much smaller daughters in the fungus garden.

Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A queen Atta texana Texas leafcutter ant sits amid her much smaller daughters in the fungus garden. Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A queen Atta texana Texas leafcutter ant sits amid her much smaller daughters in the fungus garden.

Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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