Ectatomma tuberculatum workers tend to a membracid nymph.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Ectatomma tuberculatum workers tend to a membracid nymph.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii army ant workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Ectatomma tuberculatum workers tend to a membracid nymph.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Young house flies (Musca domestica) fill an inflatable structure- the ptilinum- with hemolymph to break free from the hard shell of the puparium. Once free, the ptilinum collapses back into the head.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Young house flies (Musca domestica) fill an inflatable structure- the ptilinum- with hemolymph to break free from the hard shell of the puparium. Once free, the ptilinum collapses back into the head.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A house fly (Musca domestica) emerges from the puparium.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Young house flies (Musca domestica) fill an inflatable structure- the ptilinum- with hemolymph to break free from the hard shell of the puparium. Once free, the ptilinum collapses back into the head.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Young house flies (Musca domestica) fill an inflatable structure- the ptilinum- with hemolymph to break free from the hard shell of the puparium. Once free, the ptilinum collapses back into the head.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Young house flies (Musca domestica) fill an inflatable structure- the ptilinum- with hemolymph to break free from the hard shell of the puparium. Once free, the ptilinum collapses back into the head.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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