Inside the brood nest of the specialist centipede predator Stigmatomma oregonensis.  Note the larvae feeding on a centipede carcass at left.

Quincy, California, USA
Lasius umbratus cocoons in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
Lasius umbratus cocoons in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
Papyrius nitidus.  Eggs and worker ants in the brood nest.  In the background is a termite carcass that the ants have carried in as food for the developing ant larvae.

Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia
Inside the brood nest of the specialist centipede predator Stigmatomma oregonensis.  Note the larvae feeding on a centipede carcass at left.

Quincy, California, USA
Inside the brood nest of the specialist centipede predator Stigmatomma oregonensis.  Note the larvae feeding on a centipede carcass at left.

Quincy, California, USA
Lasius umbratus cocoons in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
Lasius umbratus cocoons in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
Lasius umbratus cocoons in the brood nest.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
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