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[Kaban_Kabanus]

 

Dear friends!

There was a great event in our colony Messor structor! We got an ant with wings We are almost sure that this is a male, but suddenly a miracle happened and a uterus appeared

We noticed this miracle only today and immediately rushed to share this news with you! A little later I will definitely add subtitles in English, but I’m sure that you will see and understand everything so wonderful

[Nare]

Looks like a queen. Colony must be pretty large if they're producing those. Nice work 

[TheMicroPlanet]

100% a queen. You can tell by the large head in proportion to the rest of her body.

[ANTdrew]

Awesome! Congrats!

[Kaban_Kabanus]

Looks like a queen. Colony must be pretty large if they're producing those. Nice work 

 

Thank you so much!

 

[Kaban_Kabanus]

100% a queen. You can tell by the large head in proportion to the rest of her body.

 

I compared the size with the original queen of this colony and it is almost twice as large. That is why I doubt it.

[Kaban_Kabanus]

Awesome! Congrats!

 

Thank you, my friend My son and I were really looking forward to the moment when something like this appears in our colony

[AntsDakota]

100% a queen. You can tell by the large head in proportion to the rest of her body.

 
I compared the size with the original queen of this colony and it is almost twice as large. That is why I doubt it.

Males are smaller than queens.

[Kaban_Kabanus]

 

 

100% a queen. You can tell by the large head in proportion to the rest of her body.

 
I compared the size with the original queen of this colony and it is almost twice as large. That is why I doubt it.

Males are smaller than queens.

 

It was because of the size that I decided that it was still a male and not a queen.

[PurdueEntomology]

Definitely a MALE and here is a photo of a M. barbarus with a male, so you should assume your males would look very much like this.  The head size would be an immediate give away, I think the photo speaks for itself.

 

[TheMicroPlanet]

The head just doesn't seem to match up... this is weird.

[AntsDakota]

Intercaste?

[TheMicroPlanet]

Winged worker? 

Improbable, of course. Probably a reproductive of some sort.

[Kaban_Kabanus]

Definitely a MALE and here is a photo of a M. barbarus with a male, so you should assume your males would look very much like this.  The head size would be an immediate give away, I think the photo speaks for itself.

 

If you look at the total size of the individual, it looks more like a male. But if you look at the proportions of the head and body, it looks more like a queen. It is believed that this is the queen, which was poorly fed during the larva period

[Kaban_Kabanus]

The head just doesn't seem to match up... this is weird.

 

This is the whole point. Therefore, many of my friends say that after all it is a uterus, but perhaps it is somehow underdeveloped.

[Kaban_Kabanus]

Winged worker? 

Improbable, of course. Probably a reproductive of some sort.

 

This is already a very fantastic option Most likely it is a uterus that was poorly fed     

[Kaelwizard]

It just looks like a queen to me.

[Kaban_Kabanus]

this winged ant still lives in the formikariy, does not fly away anywhere. became a little larger in size, the wings did not fall. She was seen at work a couple of times: she looked after the larvae. no aggression from other inhabitants of formicaria and the queen