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Forelius pruinosus
Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

Note the color variation of ants in this colony, from brown to light orange.  The orange object at center is a queen larva.



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This image was captured with a Canon EOS D60, using a Canon 65/2.8 MPE 1-5x Macro lens.