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alexwild > Solenopsis invicta, young alate queen in the nest. Austin, Texas, USA
alexwild > A queen and worker Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Córdoba, Argentina
alexwild > Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia piliventris) tends to a larva in her incipient nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > Iridomyrmex purpureus. A young meat ant queen searches for a place to start a nest. Little Desert National Park, Victoria, Australia
alexwild > After mating, a young leafcutter ant queen sheds her wings. Acromyrmex versicolor. Tucson, Arizona, USA
alexwild > 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
alexwild > Camponotus papago, alate queen Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA
alexwild > 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
alexwild > Acromyrmex versicolor foundress queens in an incipient fungus garden. This species is normally polygynous during the colony founding stage, but reverts to single-queen colonies after the first workers emerge. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Solenopsis invicta, young alate queen in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
alexwild > Solenopsis invicta, young alate queen in the nest. Austin, Texas, USA
Solenopsis invicta, young alate queen in the nest.

Austin, Texas, USA
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