This was a Solenopsis amblychila queen before I found this. She only had one host worker, which was tending to the host brood when I found her like this... 
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Gregory2455
, Jul 28 2015 2:55 AM
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Posted July 28 2015 - 2:55 AM
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Posted July 28 2015 - 4:34 AM
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I have no idea what happened, but that is pretty crazy. Was the host worker of the same species or were you trying to pull one over on them? 
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Posted July 28 2015 - 6:20 AM
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Looks like she may have been parasitized. Did you find a small gnat-like fly in the container?
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Posted July 28 2015 - 12:14 PM
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Looks like she may have been parasitized. Did you find a small gnat-like fly in the container?
Hmmm... I did not think of that. I may still have not washed this out, so I will go check.
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Posted August 7 2015 - 9:10 PM
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Hmmm... Do you have relatives that don't support your ant hobby?
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