Study confirms decades-long assumption about rare ant species

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7777980

A new study has now provided the first proof of an ant species that lacks both workers and males and consists exclusively of queens.

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  • tristynalxander@mander.xyzEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I don’t know. I think queens have wings, so I presumed they flew off to kill a new ant nest, but maybe they split the nest or maybe there is some in-fighting. A good question for ant-biologists.

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      IIRC, those specialists are antomologists.

      Most often confused with a near-homonym, “ehtymologist”, someone who kinda studies ok words sometimes.