Black garden ant (Lasius niger), wingless workers, winged male alates and larger female alates or queens gathering on wooden sleepers on leaving nest.

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Black garden ant (Lasius niger), wingless workers, winged male alates and larger female alates or queens gathering on wooden sleepers on a warm summer day to fly off after emerging from a nest in a garden flowerbed, Wiltshire, UK, July.

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Size: 5215px × 3476px
Location: Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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