cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-217 hours agoDo organisms form towns and cities or other settlements and economies in any way analagous to humans?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-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-217 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
I believe ants and honey bees have genetically-coded and baked-in specializations like worker and queen bees
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours agoIsn’t there one giant ant colony that’s essentially the same colony spread over several us states? I’ll have to look it up and get back to this with answers.
minus-squareDampSquid@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 hours agoThere’s one, I think in Brazil, as big as the UK
minus-squareI Cast Fistlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·16 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-up1·3 hours agoThat’s crazy! How is a colony defined, is it one queen is managing the whole 6000km territory?
Isn’t there one giant ant colony that’s essentially the same colony spread over several us states?
I’ll have to look it up and get back to this with answers.
There’s one, I think in Brazil, as big as the UK
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?