Spiky larvae are characteristic of ponerine ants. Here, an Odontomachus clarus desert trap-jaw ant tends to larvae in the brood nest. Portal, Arizona, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Metamorphosis

Images from the life cycle of developing ants.

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Myrmecia tepperi, with eggs.

Mt. Remarkable, South Australia

Inside the brood nest of Myrmecia piliventris, a small jack jumper. Notice the eggs and larvae in various stages of development.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Mystrium oberthueri, posing with a pupa in a laboratory colony.

Madagascar

Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA

All the immature stages of ant development (eggs, larvae, and pupae) in the brood nest of Nylanderia faisonensis.

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Spiky larvae are characteristic of ponerine ants. Here, an Odontomachus clarus desert trap-jaw ant tends to larvae in the brood nest.

Portal, Arizona, USA

Orectognathus versicolor. The predatory mandibles of trap-jaw ants must also be used for delicate tasks around the nest. Here, a worker transports a larva.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Pheidole floridana, larvae and minor workers

Brackenridge Field Lab, Austin, Texas

Pheidole desertorum

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA

Spiky larvae are characteristic of ponerine ants. Here, an Odontomachus clarus desert trap-jaw ant tends to larvae in the brood nest.

Portal, Arizona, USA

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Metamorphosis

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