Lasius Niger ant brood

Some pictures taken some time ago of the Lasius Niger colony. The pictures are mostly of brood as you'll see.

• In the first picture you can see a larvae. This picture allows you to easily see the hair on the sides and the "mouth" area of an ant larvae.

• Here you can see  a size comparison between an ant freshly outside of it's cocoon and a larvae.

• Here you can see the an ant that is out of it's cocoon and almost fully changed color to the dark black/brown that the workers have.

• In this picture you can clearly see a few eggs and somewhere in those eggs the first stage after leaving the cocoon becomes visible.

• And lastly a size comparison between a cocoon and the "hatched" ant.