An Asian needle ant queen is shaped similarly to the workers but has larger eyes and an enlarged thorax. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.
A physogastric queen greatly swollen with eggs. Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA
Portrait of one of the world's oddest queen ants, Camponotus mirabilis. This Amazonian species is a specialized inhabitant of bamboo. Refugio Amazonas, Tambopata, Peru.
