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Subnitidus Pile of the dead


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#1 Offline Alza - Posted September 9 2014 - 3:39 PM

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there were millions of dead subnitidus bodies covering the entraces to their home, and completely sealing it off from the world. There was no foraging done and I'm not sure if there are any survivors. What happened ?



#2 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 9 2014 - 4:31 PM

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No clue...


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#3 Offline Alza - Posted September 9 2014 - 4:39 PM

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anyone else know 



#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 9 2014 - 4:50 PM

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Disease, or dehydration/starvation. It probably has to do with the drought even though these are hardy ants, you are talking about a wild colony right?



#5 Offline Alza - Posted September 9 2014 - 5:06 PM

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yea


I've been watching them for 3+ years and they all died on the same day. wow



#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 10 2014 - 5:51 AM

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Did it rain the day before? Also, if your thread is ant-related, post it in "General". Off-Topic is for threads not related to ants.



#7 Offline Alza - Posted September 10 2014 - 5:55 AM

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okay 


and it did



#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 10 2014 - 5:59 AM

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I've seen this before. I have always assumed a lot of them drown from the rain flooding the nest, and the next day they drag out all the dead bodies as part of their cleanup.



#9 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 10 2014 - 10:05 AM

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But it hasn't rained here for a year...

#10 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 10 2014 - 10:26 AM

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It rained in quite a few places in Southern California the other day, not just in the deserts.






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