References
An Atta mexicana queen. She will have mated with a male winged ant, who immediate dies, and then landed and set up her colony after shedding her wings. Note the scars where wings were previously attached, and the difference in size between the queen and worker. © Alex Wild, www.alexanderwild.com
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