Prenolepis imparis
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Prenolepis imparis
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Prenolepis imparis, the small honey ant, conducts mating flights in the early spring in California. Here is a non-reproductive worker ant (left) with a male ant (right) at the nest entrance. The male flew away a few seconds after this picture was taken. This image is copyrighted by the photographer and cannot be used without permission. To obtain permission to use this image, please email Alex Wild. (alwild (at) myrmecos.net). Most of the photographs on myrmecos.net are reduced from their original size and compressed for more efficient web transmission. In some cases, higher quality versions are available. This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, with a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens. |