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Trachymyrmex foragers bring bits of detritus back to the nest. Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. The winged ants are males. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus-growing ant worker in a lab nest. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest.

Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest.

Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
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