alexwild > Sand wasps (Crabronidae) mating.

California, USA
alexwild > A male harvester ant (Aphaenogaster albisetosa) launches himself on a morning mating flight.

Green Valley, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Early morning sun catches a mating flight of Forelius maccooki in the Sonoran desert.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Male and female Forelius maccooki in the nest.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate.  This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > A desert leafcutter, Acromyrmex versicolor, carrying a leaf back to her nest.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, the western harvester ants, mating

Hallelujah Junction, California, USA
alexwild > Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate.  This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > A desert leafcutter, Acromyrmex versicolor, carrying a leaf back to her nest.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Sand wasps (Crabronidae) mating.

California, USA
alexwild > Sand wasps (Crabronidae) mating.

California, USA
Sand wasps (Crabronidae) mating.

California, USA
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