Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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(a) Overview of an excavated founding colony of a Melophorus bagoti queen. Arrow indicates the location where the dead queen was found. (b) Close-up of the chamber encountered during excavation, the part of the channel leading to the chamber has been removed. Arrow indicates the channel leaving the chamber on the other side; see text for details. Photo credit P. Schultheiss.