8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A queen and her workers in a colony of the seed-harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus, individually painted to track individual behaviors and patterns of colony organization.

A queen and her workers in a colony of the seed-harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus, individually painted to track individual behaviors and patterns of colony organization.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2010
Date Uploaded: 11.2010
Photo Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Camera: DMC-LX3
Copyright: © James Waters