Contact: Walter Tschinkel
tschinkel@bio.fsu.edu
850-644-4489
Florida State University

Fire Ants

Caption: A fire ant queen and her retinue of attending workers. The workers constantly feed the queen, groom her, and take away the eggs she lays. This queen from a middle sized colony laid an egg every minute or two.

Credit: Walter R. Tschinkel

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