Eggs and young worker larvae in the brood nest, interspersed with cells filled with "bee bread"- a mix of honey and pollen that serves as food for older larvae.
Crematogaster lineolata with yound larvae in the brood nest.

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

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Nylanderia faisonensis, worker with larvae in the brood nest.

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

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Forelius pruinosus brood nest with eggs and young larvae.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
Discothyrea mixta transporting a prey egg with a first-instar ant larva.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912
Discothyrea mixta

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912
Crematogaster sp.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Eggs and young worker larvae in the brood nest, interspersed with cells filled with "bee bread"- a mix of honey and pollen that serves as food for older larvae.
Eggs and young worker larvae in the brood nest, interspersed with cells filled with "bee bread"- a mix of honey and pollen that serves as food for older larvae.
Eggs and young worker larvae in the brood nest, interspersed with cells filled with "bee bread"- a mix of honey and pollen that serves as food for older larvae.
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all images and text © Alex Wild 2001-2013