Aphaenogaster senilis workers carry the larvae, who have great body mobility,to the prey and lay them on it, so they can feed by themselves.

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Larvae of genus Camponotus have an special structure in its body: the praesaepium, a shallow pocket on ventral surface of anterior abdominal somites.  read more »

The hairs of ant larvae accomplish different functions1. One of them is the attachment of the larvae to the substrate.  read more »

1. 1. Wheeler G, Wheeler J .  1976.  Ant larvae: review and synthesis.. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington. 7:1-108.

In ants, midgut doesn't join the hindgut until the end of the larval stage.  read more »