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Socially parasitic ants are usually descernable by their relatively small queens, as ants that start new colonies by infiltrating existing nests do note need large body reserves. The queen of A. tennesseensis - a temporary nest-founding parastie of several other woodland Aphaenogaster - is scarcely larger tahn their own workers. Urbana, Illinois, USA. Photo by Alex Wild.