It finally rained in Arizona. But last week, before it rained, I chased out a bunch of Camponotus festinatus by watering the front yard with a hose.
Cool, there are males with the workers.
Males are usually dark colored, so it was interesting to see golden yellow ones.
In my haste to get a few photographs. I didn’t [...]
13) If a colony with only one queen ant were to die, would she be replaced with another? Or does the colony die out. If she gets replaced, then are there always alates available to replace her at any time? Or are they only produced prior for the mating season, nuptial flight, [...]
Mike wrote to the “Consult-Ant” with a number of questions about ants. I am going to try to answer each one in a separate post. For the original list of questions and links to all answers, visit here.
11) Are there some ant species that simply drink water and then other species that absorb it [...]
Dear Readers,
Simply FYI, I am hosting the 50th edition of the Festival of the Trees carnival at Growing With Science blog at the end of the month. The theme is Trees Through a Child’s Eyes.
Let me know if you have any child-friendly posts about trees that you would like to share. Ideas include bark rubbings, [...]