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Camponotus (Colobopsis) papago
Arizona, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Ants that nest in trees often have bizarre adaptations for plugging the entrances to their nests. This Camponotus queen has a cork-like head that doubles as a door.

 
USA AZ Pima Co.: Santa Rita Mts.
1340m, West Sawmill Canyon.
7.vii.2007 M. Lanan, coll. At Blacklight.

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