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

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

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Eggs of a Caligo owl butterfly.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize
Forelius pruinosus brood nest with eggs and young larvae.

Mojave National Preserve, California, USA
Lasius nearcticus - workers, eggs, and first instar larvae in the brood nest.

South Bristol, New York, USA
Lasius nearcticus - workers, eggs, and first instar larvae in the brood nest.

South Bristol, New York, 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
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
Inside the leaf nest of Oecophylla smaragdina weaver ants. Note the two size classes of worker.

Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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
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
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
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