An insider's view of an ant colony

By awild on June 24, 2010.

A worker cradles a freshly-laid egg in the brood nest of a laboratory colony of the Argentine Ant Linepithema humile.

photo details: Canon EOS 7D camera

Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens

ISO 100, f/13, 1/250sec

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What a picture! Hope the ants doing well!

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