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Tapinoma sessile - odorous house ant, queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A young Camponotus queen ant prepares to depart on a mating flight.
Solenopsis invicta, young alate queen in the nest. Austin, Texas, USA
Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Iridomyrmex purpureus. A young meat ant queen searches for a place to start a nest. Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia
After mating, a young leafcutter ant queen sheds her wings. Acromyrmex versicolor. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Ants that nest in trees often have bizarre adaptations for plugging the entrances to their nests. This Camponotus papago queen has a cork-like head that doubles as a door. Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA
Camponotus papago, alate queen Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA
Pogonomyrmex badius, the Florida harvester ant, queen. Her enlarged thorax holds muscles from younger days when she had wings for dispersing from her natal nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Tapinoma sessile - odorous house ant, queen.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tapinoma sessile - odorous house ant, queen. Urbana, Illinois, USA
Tapinoma sessile - odorous house ant, queen.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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