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1. Aphids in excavated Lasius flavus nest (Michael Tweedie)

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Aphids attended by Myrmica workers (Michael Tweedie)

2. Formica rufa workers tending aphid colony (Walther Rohdich/Frank W. Lane)

Formica rufa worker “milking” an aphid (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

3. Workers attacking a worm (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Workers attempting to immobilise a caterpillar (Harold Doering/Frank W. Lane)

4. Mound of Formica rufa (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Formica rufa on the surface of their nest (Michael Tweedie/N.H.P.A.)

5. Workers of Formica rufa carrying a leaf (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Single worker carrying pine needle (Harold Doering/Frank W. Lane

6. Rubber cast of Tetramorium caespitum nest (M. V. Brian)

Rubber cast of Lasius alienus nest (M. V. Brian)

Rubber cast of Lasius niger nest (M. V. Brian)

Rubber cast of Formica fusca nest (M. V. Brian)

7. Worker of Formica rufa squirting a jet of formic acid (Raymond Kleboe/Radio Times Hulton Picture Library)

Ant in defence attitude (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Ant in threatening posture (Harold Doering/Frank W. Lane)

8. Artificial nest containing Myrmica (Michael Tweedie)

Myrmica workers licking and feeding larvae (Michael Tweedie)

Myrmica workers polishing larvae (Michael Tweedie)

Myrmica nest showing clusters of eggs and pupae (Michael Tweedie)

9. Winged sexuals and workers of Lasius flavus (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Workers of Lasius flavus with large sexual larvae (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

10. A worker Lasius niger dragging a cocoon (Michael Tweedie)

Lasius niger worker with larva (Michael Tweedie)

11. Lasius flavus mounds in limestone grassland (M. V. Brian)

Close-up of Lasius flavus mound (M. V. Brian)

12. Lasius flavus mounds in sandy soil (M. V. Brian)

Close-up of Lasius flavus mound and heathers (M. V. Brian)

13. Worker of Formica rufa being attacked by Lasius flavus (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Workers of Formica rufa attacking a hostile alien (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

14. Formica rufa worker swollen with honey-dew (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Food exchange between Formica rufa workers (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

15. Workers of Formica rufa restraining winged sexual (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Winged sexual captured by workers (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

Workers of Formica rufa capturing a fly (Stephen Dalton/N.H.P.A.)

16. Formica rufa worker carrying another (Harold Doering/Frank W. Lane)

Formica rufa worker carrying a worm (Harold Doering/Frank W. Lane)