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last updated 18.Nov.2007

Ant Brood

Ants undergo complete metamorphosis, much like that of butterflies, where they pass from egg to larva to pupa before maturing into an adult ant. Below are images of these immature ant life history stages. Note that some species (such as Amblyopone pallipes) have pupae that are enclosed in silken cocoons, while others (like Aphaenogaster picea) have exposed pupae.

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*Acromyrmex versicolor*	*Amblyopone oregonensis*	*Amblyopone oregonensis*	*Amblyopone oregonensis*
*Amblyopone oregonensis*	*Amblyopone pallipes*	*Amblyopone pallipes*	*Amblyopone pallipes*
*Aphaenogaster picea*	*Aphaenogaster picea*	*Azteca alfari*	*Brachymyrmex* *depilis*
Bothriomyrmex sp.	*Camponotus festinatus*	*Camponotus festinatus*	*Camponotus ocreatus*
*Cephalotes pusillus*	*Crematogaster smithi*	*Eurhopalothrix procera*	*Forelius pruinosus*
*Formica moki*	Iridomyrmex sp.	Iridomyrmex sp.	*Lasius alienus*
*Lasius alienus*	*Lasius nearcticus*	*Lasius pallitarsis*	*Lasius pallitarsis*
*Leptogenys attenuata*	*Linepithema* *piliferum*	*Monomorium ergatogyna*	*Myrmecia tepperi*
*Myrmecia piliventris*	*Myrmecia pilosula*	*Myrmecia pilosula*	*Myrmecocystus mimicus*
Myrmica sp.	Mystrium sp.	Ochetellus sp.	Onychomyrmex sp.
*Orectognathus* *versicolor*	Papyrius sp.	Paratrechina sp.	*Pheidole californica*
*Pheidole desertorum*	*Pheidole pilifera*	**Pseudomyrmex sp. nr. pallidus**	*Pseudomyrmex spinicola*
*Sericomyrmex amabilis*	Sphinctomyrmex sp.	*Stenamma dyscheres*	*Tapinoma sessile*
*Technomyrmex difficilis*	*Tetraponera clypeata*	*Temnothorax andrei*	*Turneria bidentata*

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