Lasius workers laying eggs
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Lasius workers laying eggs
I have a Lasius colony of which the queen escaped, and I have over 100 eggs, and the pile is growing. A worker must be laying eggs, and I hope they're fertilized, and I have a gamergate. Even if they aren't, I hope the workers survive until I can release the males into nuptial flight.
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Re: Lasius workers laying eggs
What's happening is a last ditch effort to spread some genes, in this case the genes of their fathers.AntsDakota wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:27 pmI have a Lasius colony of which the queen escaped, and I have over 100 eggs, and the pile is growing. A worker must be laying eggs, and I hope they're fertilized, and I have a gamergate. Even if they aren't, I hope the workers survive until I can release the males into nuptial flight.
These worker eggs will produce clones of their fathers, male alate ants only, they will raise them, send them off to breed and then die out.
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Re: Lasius workers laying eggs
I figured that might be the case.Wardword wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:35 pmWhat's happening is a last ditch efforts to spread some genes, in this case the genes of their fathers.AntsDakota wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:27 pmI have a Lasius colony of which the queen escaped, and I have over 100 eggs, and the pile is growing. A worker must be laying eggs, and I hope they're fertilized, and I have a gamergate. Even if they aren't, I hope the workers survive until I can release the males into nuptial flight.
These worker eggs will produce clones of their fathers, male alate ants only, they will raise them, send them off to breed and then die out.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
Re: Lasius workers laying eggs
it may be that some of the eggs hatched into larvae witch are bigger than eggs
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Re: Lasius workers laying eggs
All eggs have hatched into larvae making the pile much larger. Although I am pretty sure that the workers were laying more eggs.
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Re: Lasius workers laying eggs
Almost. Haploid eggs from workers and unfertilized queens will become males, but that genetic material can be drawn just as easily from the female's mother as with her father. With rare exceptions, there is nothing which distinguishes "male chromosomes" from "female chromosomes" in ants except for the number of copies.
Workers of many species will lay eggs in the absence of a queen.
Workers of many species will lay eggs in the absence of a queen.
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
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