 Typically, the alpha female dominates all other individuals of a colony, laying the majority of eggs and partaking in differential oophagy.The alpha female devotes much of her time to social interaction, in comparison to subordinates that are much more involved in foraging and brood care.The clypeus, the yellow region above the mouth, is extremely variable in number, size, and shape of black spots, and this variation correlates to dominance; more dominant individuals have more black spots.