Resurrected this 10 year old photo from my unpublished archives, not sure why I ignored it the first time. It's a Carebara queen ant in an underground nest chamber, with brood.

Victoria, Australia.
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A gallery of ant queens from around the world.

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https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Queen-Ants

A queen rover ant, Brachymyrmex patagonicus, has a brief antennal conversation with a worker. Austin, Texas.

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A queen ant, Formica vinculans, after her mating flight. Illinois.

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A queen Texas leafcutter ant in the fungus garden.

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A queen Pheidole dentata big-headed ant in the nest. In my neighborhood, this is one of our native species that has weathered the fire ant invasion reasonably well.

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A young Camponotus foundress queen with her first batch of eggs, photographed at UTAustin’s amazing 90 acre Brackenridge Field Lab.

More queen ant photos in the gallery: https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Natural-History/Queen-Ants/

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