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[futurebird]

 

I've seen ants carry injured sisters back to the nest, I've seen them amputate a bad leg on an adult ant, and I've seen them work for hours to help another ant eclose properly getting her legs unstuck and working correctly. I'm always amazed at the time and effort they put into cleaning and caring for each other. 

 

What have you seen ants do?

[bmb1bee]

I haven’t seen any interesting first aid yet, but I have seen a couple interesting injuries (although I guess it’s a bit off topic). There was a P. rugosus worker in my colony with a dent on her head, probably from dropping her as a pupae during a colony move. She’s surprisingly still alive and just doing all her duties as a worker at the moment!

[ZTYguy]

It looks like it was silk. That is quite odd as Pogonomyrmex don’t spin cocoons so I’d figured that they simply lacked the ability to use silk but when you look at it close you can see the fibers coming off of the mass.

[futurebird]

I thought it might be silk too... but that's confusing as they never do that maybe it's a genetic anomaly. 

I've found a female alate and a male alate (just one of each a few months apart) so this colony has some strange outcomes from time to time. 

 

I guess since there are so many of them... things happen. 

[Idontexist]

I've seen ants carry injured sisters back to the nest, I've seen them amputate a bad leg on an adult ant, and I've seen them work for hours to help another ant eclose properly getting her legs unstuck and working correctly. I'm always amazed at the time and effort they put into cleaning and caring for each other.

What have you seen ants do?

myrmica colony carries the queen when she wants to move