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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 Trachymyrmex septentrionalis male ascends a leaf to embark on an afternoon mating flight in the Florida sand scrub. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Odontomachus clarus. Male ants betray the wasp ancestry of ants, often bearing little resemblance to the females of the species. This is a male of the desert trap-jaw ant. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
alexwild > Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. Male ants, seen here as the winged, dark-colored individuals, perform no labor in the colony, serving instead to disperse the colonies' genes during periodic mating flights outside the nest. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
alexwild > Mycetarotes fungus garden in a lab nest. The winged ants are males. Parque Nacional Iguazu, Argentina; Laboratory colony at the University of Texas
alexwild > A Trachymyrmex septentrionalis male ascends a leaf to embark on an afternoon mating flight in the Florida sand scrub. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
alexwild > Solenopsis sp., a male thief ant prepares to depart on a nighttime mating flight. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Early morning sun catches a mating flight of Forelius maccooki in the Sonoran desert.

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

Tucson, Arizona, USA
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