Four queens found in a Myrmica sabuleti nest. A few meters away, one queen was found in another M. sabuleti nest https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156293957. Only ~1 km south of the site where G. W. Elmes found the species in 1987. Pictures taken in formicarium alongside M. sabuleti.
Secretomorph interacting with the myrmecophile beetle Lomechusoides strumosus. The nest contained many of these ants with labial gland disease.
In nest of Formica sanguinea. The nest contained numerous secretomorphs (ants with labial gland disease)