So recently (I lie, actually a month ago now), I found out that some kinds of seed-collecting ants also mistakenly collect certain insect eggs, which have evolved specifically to be collected by ants so that the eggs are in a 'protected' nest. This interested me, as surely the moment the insect hatches, the ants would devour the (high-protien) newborns, right?
Anyway, being the inquisitive mind I am, I went and acquired some Indian Stick Insect eggs and put them into my outworld. They ignored them at first but after a few hours they started to drag the eggs in and, once in the granary, they started to rub their mouths against a notch on the egg.
Anyway, does anyone want to predict or vote on what will happen to the stick insects?
Is this experiment unethical?
Is there a glaring problem with my setup that I've not noticed?
What is the top speed of an SR-71 Blackbird?
Have a good day,
Yui907
(Wish we could strikethrough.)
Feeding insect eggs to ants
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Feeding insect eggs to ants
Nests:
Messor barbarus - 1 Year, population: ~150 (27/05/2017)
Equipment:
Omninest Vertical Small
http://www.AntsCanada.com/shop/omni-nest-vertical-small/
My journal:
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3374
Messor barbarus - 1 Year, population: ~150 (27/05/2017)
Equipment:
Omninest Vertical Small
http://www.AntsCanada.com/shop/omni-nest-vertical-small/
My journal:
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3374
Re: Feeding insect eggs to ants
What do you mean? African or european SR-71 Blackbird ?
Anyway, I think that is a nice experiment, keep going, post results.
Remember we still know very little from these crazy insect world.
Anyway, I think that is a nice experiment, keep going, post results.
Remember we still know very little from these crazy insect world.
Re: Feeding insect eggs to ants
Interesting, I would like to see how this plays out. There are certain genera that evolved to eat arthropod eggs, such as Proceratium.
I wouldn't say it's unethical, unless the stick insects weren't myrmecophilous.
Mach 2.85.
I wouldn't say it's unethical, unless the stick insects weren't myrmecophilous.
Mach 2.85.
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