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Atta texana - leafcutter ant queen
Texas

photograph © Alex Wild 2007

Leafcutter queens are among the largest and most fecund of ants.  Over the course of a life that may span more than a decade, this queen will lay over a million eggs.

 
USA TX Young Co.: 
Fort Belknap
Laboratory Colony at University of Texas

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This image was captured with a Canon EOS 20D, using a Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens.