Hello, and welcome to another update on my captive ant colony journals. I had not posted an update last week as there had not been much activity. Instead, I wrote an article about the evolution of ants. To be honest, there is not much activity still. However, here is an update on all three colonies. Lasius niger, Lasius umbratus,
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In this article, I discuss the evolution of ants. I answer the question of the origin of ants, their ancestors, and the evolutionary steps that occurred to bring us the ants we know today. The Origin of Ants Where, evolutionary speaking, did ants come from? Did they evolve from a common insect ancestor? Did they start
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Hello, and welcome to another ant article. Normally, being a Monday, I would provide an update to my current colonies. However, there has been little activity to report. Therefore, I have decided to write an article instead. This article is about the ants of Australia. I hope you find it informative. Disclaimer: I do not
This is the first of my weekly articles about ants. The topics will be wide-ranging and, hopefully, interesting to the reader. I aim to upload one article each Friday, though this article is one day early, as I had some free time today. Today’s topic is on the relationships of ants with other organisms. I
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Hello once again to another weekly update on my three current ant colonies. They consist of Lasius niger, Lasius umbratus and Myrmica rubra. Lasius niger This colony recently celebrated its two-month birthday, that is from the birth of the first worker ants. If we were to go from the day the queen laid her first egg,
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