Strumigenys rostrata carrying a pupa. Urbana, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Metamorphosis

Images from the life cycle of developing ants.

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Ant larvae are voracious. This Ponera grub is neck-deep in the remains of an insect carcass.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

A pile of Rhytidoponera victoriae pupae in the brood nest. The silken cocoons protect the pupae from desiccation, among other threats.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Pseudomyrmex simplex worker with larvae. This species is among the most common Pseudomyrmex from subtropical North America south to Argentina.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cutting open a hollow twig reveals a small nest of Pseudomyrmex simplex.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A small chamber in a rotting log houses a colony of the miniature predatory ant Strumigenys clypeata.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Strumigenys rostrata workers with larvae in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA

Strumigenys rostrata carrying a pupa.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Inside a laboratory nest, a young fire ant queen (Solenopsis invicta) tends to her first eggs.

Laboratory colony at the University of Central Florida, USA

Strumigenys rostrata carrying a pupa.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Strumigenys rostrata carrying a pupa.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Strumigenys rostrata carrying a pupa.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Canon EOS 50D |

More details: exif |

Original size: 4752x3168 |

Current: 800x534 |

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