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Weaver Ant Queens

Oecophylla smaragdina

Photo by AlbertTamayo
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NoahJones
Very nice. Have you tried capturing queen ants and culturing them?
AlbertTamayo
Please checkout these series of shots for comparison: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7503244
AlbertTamayo
Queen ants are larger than most ants in the colony and have a large thorax which contains the flight muscles for the wings. They also have three extra ocelli or simple eyes in the rear center of the head which are used for flight stabilization.

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