By long time request this week's image features an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Agriculture, slavery and social division of labor were employed by ants long before the existence of humans. Some have estimated that the biomass of ants roughly equals that of humans. Ants have a node (or two) on the constricted segment of the abdomen (see arrow) and this character identifies them from other flightless wasps. Tomes of literature are available on these ever working insects so I will leave further inquiry to you.
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