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| Prenolepis imparis colony. |
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| Prenolepis imparis colony. |
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| Crematogaster cerasi worker wondering on my finger. |
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| Crematogaster cerasi workers tending aphids on native plum tree. |
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| Trophallaxis the act of an ant vomiting food for others to eat... or maybe they're just kissing. |
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| Crematogaster cerasi workers eating a cave cricket. |
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| Lasius interjectus workers. |
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| A plate of rotting fruit where Crematogaster castaneus and Formica pallidefulva workers forage. |
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| An Alate... to either Tapinoma sessile or one of the Nylanderia species. |
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| Cocoons to Formica pallidefulva. |
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| Crematogaster cerasi workers licking up the sap to the flower buds to Trumpet Vine. |
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| Flowers to Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. |
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| This picture is special because this is the first time I've seen a Formica slave maker queen. |
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| And this is the first time I saw a Formica slave maker doing a raid on a host colony, in my own back yard no less! |
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| And here is the first time I was stung by a Formica slave maker ever. |
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| Aphaenogaster rudis, harvesting Trillium seeds. |
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| My Favorite Picture of the year! An Aphaenogaster rudis worker hauling a Trillium seed. |
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| The Formica pallidefulva colony that moved into the nest after the slave making colony moved on. |
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| The odd behavior of Lasius claviger and L. umbratus queens on blooming plants of goldenrod. |
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| Queen and Worker to a Formica pallidefulva colony. |
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| Prenolepis imparis workers tending aphids on a grass. |