cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-216 hours agoDo organisms form towns and cities or other settlements and economies in any way analagous to humans?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareDo organisms form towns and cities or other settlements and economies in any way analagous to humans?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-216 hours agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
I believe ants and honey bees have genetically-coded and baked-in specializations like worker and queen bees
minus-squareI Cast Fistlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoWelp, talk about learning something completely unexpected the largest colonies may be those of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile, an invasive ‘tramp’ species native to South America. One supercolony in Europe spans 6000 km of the coasts of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/largest-ant-colony
minus-squareBreathingUnderWater@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoThat’s crazy! How is a colony defined, is it one queen is managing the whole 6000km territory?
Welp, talk about learning something completely unexpected
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/largest-ant-colony
That’s crazy! How is a colony defined, is it one queen is managing the whole 6000km territory?