Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi is a conspicuous arboreal ant in African forests.

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis.  They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood.  Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
The life cycle of  the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Pseudomyrmex gracilis, with larva.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis.  They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood.  Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
The life cycle of  the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis. They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood. Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis.  They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood.  Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Ants, like butterflies, have complete metamorphosis. They pass through egg, larva, and pupa stages prior to reaching adulthood. Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
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