File:Ant pupae wakes up (time lapse HD)

Lasius Niger queen ant with two young nantics wait for a pupae to wake up and join them. The pupae really starts to come alive around 6:30 and then the queen and nantics spring into action to help free the baby ant. At 7:20 you can see some of the filaments that wrap around the pupae's legs and which need to be removed before she can walk. By 8:00 the new nantic is able to walk but the other ants still spend a lot time attending to her. This video shows five stages of ant life: egg, larvae, pupae, nantic and queen. Taken through a Wild Heerbrugg M8 stereo zoom microscope using a Samsung NX 3000 camera (APS sensor) mounted afocally over one eyepiece. The time lapse is 20X.