alexwild > Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

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

St. Lucia, KZN, South Africa
alexwild > 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
alexwild > The life cycle of  the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

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

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

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
alexwild > 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
alexwild > The life cycle of  the twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis.

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

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
alexwild > Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
Myrmecocystus mendax honeypot ant, with pupae.

Chiricahua mountains, Arizona, USA
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