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Prenolepis imparis - Winter Ant
Arizona, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2006

Some members of Prenolepis ant colonies specialize as living storage units, their abdomens swollen with food.

 
USA AZ Cochise Co.: Huachuca Mts, Miller Canyon. 1810m.  31º24.7´N 110º16.8´W 
30.vi.2006.  Riparian forest, nest under stone.  #AW2828, voucher specimens at ALWC.

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