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alexwild > Formica ravida alate queen searching for a potential host colony. This species is parasitic in the colony-founding stage, as newly-mated queens enter nests of other Formica species, kill the resident queen, and usurp the colony. California, USA
alexwild > Crematogaster lineolata queen with her retinue of workers. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Crematogaster lineolata queen with her retinue of workers. Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
alexwild > Queen ants are the fertile females in the nest specialized for reproduction. In some ant species, such as the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata, queens are much larger than the sterile workers. Gamboa, Panama
alexwild > Nothomyrmecia macrops, queen Poochera, South Australia
alexwild > Iridomyrmex purpureus. A young meat ant queen searches for a place to start a nest. Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > Male and female Forelius maccooki in the nest. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > A queen (right) and two worker Stenamma dyscheres. Notice the small eye size of the workers, a trait common to all subterranean ants. Empire Mine State Park, California, USA
alexwild > Trachymyrmex turrifex queen in the fungus garden. Austin, Texas, USA
Formica ravida alate queen searching for a potential host colony. This species is parasitic in the colony-founding stage, as newly-mated queens enter nests of other Formica species, kill the resident queen, and usurp the colony.

California, USA
alexwild > Formica ravida alate queen searching for a potential host colony. This species is parasitic in the colony-founding stage, as newly-mated queens enter nests of other Formica species, kill the resident queen, and usurp the colony. California, USA
Formica ravida alate queen searching for a potential host colony. This species is parasitic in the colony-founding stage, as newly-mated queens enter nests of other Formica species, kill the resident queen, and usurp the colony.

California, USA
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