Note 136 — BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
John Bostock translation
What are commonly called ants’ eggs, are in reality their larvæ and nymphæ. Enveloped in a sort of tunic, these last, Cuvier says, are like grains of corn, and from this probably has arisen the story that they lay up grains against the winter, a period through which in reality they do not eat.