Red Wood Ant Pupae (bottom) Small 143×320 Medium 286×640 Large 457×1024 Download Tiff Original 1071×2400 | (222.1 KB) Description "The cocoons represent the pupa stage; they are commonly called ant-eggs, and are carefully tended by the workers." Keywords ant, ant eggs, cocoon, kants, papae, pupa, red wood ant Galleries Hymenoptera: Ants Bees and Wasps Source: Chandler B. Beach The New Student's Reference Work for Teachers Students and Families (Chicago: F.E. Compton and Company, 1909) 1:76