Tagged With: Lasuis niger
How does an ant decide what to do?
We eat when we’re hungry, but social insects have to make decisions which will support the colony not just themselves. They typically divide labour as well as reproductive duties. Even in ant species such as Lasius niger where workers are not split into different physical ‘castes’, some workers stay in the nest while others leave … Continue reading »
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Tags: ants, biology, flying ant survey, Journal of Experimental Biology, Lasuis niger, research, science
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