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This parasitic A. tennesseensis queen has just penetrated a nest of her host species. A. rudis. She is highly attractive to her victims, who unknowingly tend her and begin raising her eggs as their own. The original host queen killed, this colony will gradually turn into a full nest of A. tennesseensis, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Photo by Alex Wild.

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current13:48, 2 June 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:48, 2 June 20161,024 × 697 (249 KB)SShattuck (talk | contribs)This parasitic A. tennesseensis queen has just penetragted a nest of her host species. A. rudis. She is highly attractive to her victims, who unknowingly tend her and begin raising her eggs as their own. The original host queen killed, this colony will...

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