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Neivamyrmex opacithorax - Army Ant Queen
Arizona, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2005

An army ant queen with a retinue of workers.  Unlike most queen ants which are born with wings for dispersal and large eyes for visual navigation (click here for a more typical queen), army ant queens are always wingless and have greatly reduced eyes.

 
USA AZ Cochise Co.: Chiricahua Mtns., 18km 275º W Portal, 1800m, 31º57´N 109º19´W
11.viii.2005  Oak-pine-juniper woodland in Pinery Canyon, in rotting log.   #AW2689, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC & UCDC.

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.