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Solenopsis pergandei queen and workers. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Solenopsis pergandei is a subterranean ant found in sandy soils throughout the southeastern United States. These tiny insects are scarcely larger than the sand grains that surround them. 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
Lasius nearcticus workers with a queen pupa. South Bristol, New York, USA
Inside the nest of Lasius nearticus with young winged queens and males. South Bristol, New York, USA
Lasius nearcticus workers with a queen pupa. South Bristol, New York, USA
Large cocoons (top) house pupae destined to become queen ants, while small cocoons produce workers and males. Lasius nearcticus. South Bristol, New York, USA
Lasius nearcticus workers with a queen pupa.

South Bristol, New York, USA
Lasius nearcticus workers with a queen pupa. South Bristol, New York, USA
Lasius nearcticus workers with a queen pupa.

South Bristol, New York, USA
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