In old colonies the queen is physogastric ( i . e . a swollen, membranous abdomen ), heavily attended by workers, and accompanied by hundreds of eggs and young larvae.
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More distinctive to the intra-communal dynamics of the " Schwarziana quadripunctata " nest is the existence of multiple statuses of queen the physogastric queen ( those that are larger in size and more involved in reproduction ) and multiple dwarf queens.
