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Interesting time-lapse of ants eating a cricket.
Edited by TheMicroPlanet, March 9 2020 - 12:37 PM.
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Posted March 8 2020 - 12:12 PM
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Posted March 8 2020 - 6:25 PM
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Might want to say what it is: a time-lapse video of ants eating a cricket (which presumably was thoroughly glued down).
Must be a large hungry colony because my ants' foragers almost never act THAT into their food. 
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Posted March 9 2020 - 12:37 PM
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Might want to say what it is: a time-lapse video of ants eating a cricket (which presumably was thoroughly glued down).
Must be a large hungry colony because my ants' foragers almost never act THAT into their food.
Yeah I should've done that... thanks for letting me know 
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Posted March 9 2020 - 12:39 PM
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Small colonies are generally more nervous due to worker shortages.Might want to say what it is: a time-lapse video of ants eating a cricket (which presumably was thoroughly glued down).
Must be a large hungry colony because my ants' foragers almost never act THAT into their food.
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
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Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Small colonies are generally more nervous due to worker shortages.Might want to say what it is: a time-lapse video of ants eating a cricket (which presumably was thoroughly glued down).
Must be a large hungry colony because my ants' foragers almost never act THAT into their food.
I guess that makes sense... I mean, a small country might be nervous sending people off to war.
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Posted March 9 2020 - 12:41 PM
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Yes. Worker loss could spell doom to a small colony. And people shortages might be a disaster for a small country’s economy.
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Posted March 9 2020 - 12:46 PM
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Especially if the people lost are specialists in something, which is why most polymorphic species produce specialized workers when the colony has reached a certain population, no?
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Yeah, it’s better to have more workers in a small colony than less specialized ones who take tons of valuable resources.Especially if the people lost are specialists in something, which is why most polymorphic species produce specialized workers when the colony has reached a certain population, no?
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Posted March 9 2020 - 1:06 PM
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https://www.youtube....h?v=UqHx08jwg3Q
Interesting time-lapse of ants eating a cricket.
Cool video! Cricket to no cricket, no cricket to cricket 
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