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Article: Baby Ants Have a Host of Unexpected Superpowers

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Apr 18 2020 5:06 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted April 18 2020 - 5:06 PM

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I didn't see this is in a quick search. This is a really neat whirlwind tour of some of the quirks and abilities of ant larvae, including how they sometimes help process food, may help regulate the colony's worker ants, choose which adults to feed, and may even help the colony against inquilines.

 

http://www.bbc.com/e...ted-superpowers

 


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Past & Present

Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 19 2020 - 3:19 AM

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You find the coolest articles! Thanks.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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