From Egg, to Ant 1/18/2018
Ants go through three different stages of life before becoming a full grown ant. In this post, I will go in depth into them and how each is kept healthy by the colony. Stage 1: Eggs Like many insects, ants are born as eggs. The eggs are produced by the queen(s). They need to be kept at a healthy temperature and humidity for them to develop. These eggs will turn into larvae, given some time. This stage can last from a week, to multiple months, depending on the conditions and the species of ant that they belong to. Stage 2: Larvae During the larval stage is when the young ant does most of it's growing. It starts off as a tiny larva, only about the size of the egg it emerged from. Then, as time progresses, the larva gets fatter and fatter, as the workers feed them the protein they need to develop. Once they are ready to move on to the next stage of their life cycle, the ants will do one of two things. Some ants, form "naked" pupae. They will simply shed