fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 14 hours agoWe keep the entomologists in the basement.mander.xyzimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down12
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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·13 hours agoThere’s a species of ant that lays eggs of a different species of ant.
minus-squarespankinspinach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·12 hours agoI admire this guy’s dropping an ant fact like this and then refusing to elaborate
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoI’m busy playing boardgames. And it was a fact. Mission accomplished.
minus-squareDani551@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·13 hours agoI need more information
minus-squareAlchemicalAgent@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-212 hours agoI think they’re referring to this species. Although the cloning aspect adds yet another layer of wtf on top. Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoCloning is fairly common. Like aphids will clone during spring and summer and then do sex in autumn.
minus-squarejuliebean@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messor_ibericus
There’s a species of ant that lays eggs of a different species of ant.
What the fuck?
Valid reaction
I admire this guy’s dropping an ant fact like this and then refusing to elaborate
I’m busy playing boardgames. And it was a fact. Mission accomplished.
I need more information
I think they’re referring to this species. Although the cloning aspect adds yet another layer of wtf on top.
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Cloning is fairly common. Like aphids will clone during spring and summer and then do sex in autumn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messor_ibericus