alexwild > An egg emerges from the abdomen of a Northern Walking  Stick Diapheromera femorata.  The eggs fall to the forest floor where they overwinter before hatching.

Illinois, 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 > A young Camponotus festinatus queen scales a grass blade to launch herself on a nocturnal mating flight.

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 > A desert leafcutter, Acromyrmex versicolor, carrying a leaf back to her nest.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Solenopsis sp., a male thief ant prepares to depart on a nighttime mating flight. 

Tucson, Arizona, USA
An egg emerges from the abdomen of a Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. The eggs fall to the forest floor where they overwinter before hatching.

Illinois, USA
alexwild > An egg emerges from the abdomen of a Northern Walking  Stick Diapheromera femorata.  The eggs fall to the forest floor where they overwinter before hatching.

Illinois, USA
An egg emerges from the abdomen of a Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. The eggs fall to the forest floor where they overwinter before hatching.

Illinois, USA
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