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SmugMug > keywords > brood > BROOD photo
SmugMug > keywords > brood > A nest of the miniature predator Pyramica rostrata in an Illinois forest.  Notice how the ants have enclosed their space by building a circular wall around the colony.

Vermillion River Observatory, Illinois, USA
SmugMug > keywords > brood > Little Ochetellus ants are a common but often overlooked element of the Australian ant fauna.  These workers tend to their larvae in the nest. 

Nhill, Victoria, Australia
SmugMug > keywords > brood > Camponotus ocreatus, with pupae

Portal, Arizona, USA
SmugMug > keywords > brood > After mating, a young leafcutter ant queen sheds her wings.  Acromyrmex versicolor.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
SmugMug > keywords > brood > Cutting open the surprisingly soft flesh of an Acacia thorn reveals larvae and pupae of the Pseudomyrmex spinicola acacia ant.  

Chiriqui, Panama.
SmugMug > keywords > brood > 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
BROOD photo
Photo by: JamieRPhotography • see photo in gallery

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