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Fig. 2. Map of a population of C. cursor colonies showing a budding process. 
Asterisks indicate positions of the nests. A: fission of colony 2 into 3 daughter 
colonies 3, 4, and 5. B: second step = nest-moving of colony 1 to the abandoned 
nest site 2. 
In the second observed budding the colony emigratd completely and 
divided into 4 nests, 2 of which were later abandoned. The two 
remaining sister nests were dug later, and they comprised 141 and 
195 workers each with a new inseminated queen (recognized by a 
dot of paint). The two colonies were of small size, perhaps because 
