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i was watching the nest and saw a queen come out and start walking around and never flew off

Ants emerging in the early morning.

Was moving the grass around on hiking trail.

This is a queen leafcutter ant. She is about 1" long and has a large abdomen.

Appears to be a large any with wings. There were a dozen or so in front of my ambulance station this morning.

I spent the weekend at a small Bird and Flower festival and it was quite fun. I got out and saw a few interesting things.

About 30 or 40 of these were crawling on the ground, as if newly hatched. None were flying. It was suggested they might be young tarantula hawks.

Possibly a harvester ant queen?

Pair of large ants slowly excavating burrow.

Flying queen

queen.

Reinas aladas de hormiga corta hojas texana (Attus texana), después de un día de lluvia.

I can't remember.

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA. Queen emerging from colony. Nest site, workers, foragers.

A LEaFCUTTER ANT QUEEN??!*?! AAAAAAAA

No idea what these critters are. Any ideas?

There are a lot of them whatever they are

first impression, a brown hairless velvet ant, almost 1 inch in length

This was big! Over an inch.

Dead queen

Swarming winged ants after rain

Ant is very large, dark brown/reddish. Six legs.
Found crawling along a concrete sidewalk.

Saw this fella near my car last night in a parking lot. Super large , about 6 cm.

Looks like a big ant to me. About 3/4 inch long. Some were winged.

Came out after the rain, bigger than our usual lead cutter ants in the pasture.

Size between nickel and quarter. Only seen once or possibly twice a year.

There were about 50 of these on my car this morning. Some were dead.

Male, mating flight.

Found inside a gas station pump containment. A few others were seen, some with wings, and a lot of dead ones were all around the pavement.

big boy

swarm of these “ant” looking insect. some nearly 1 inch long. Two sets of wings, one set much smaller than second set. Bent antenna. Very small head compared to rest of the body.

The rains washed them down in front of the bakery and there were hundreds of them everywhere. Quite large!

deceased queen, possibly killed by other ants while attempting to found

About an inch long. Crawling on the ground.

Winged adult, found on road; post showers, temp 76F

86 degrees F. Humid