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Dracula Ants Video

If you wonder what dracula ants look like, I just found this video.

Do ants drink water?

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 [...]

Festival of the Trees #50 coming up soon

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, [...]

Can a worker ant become a queen?

I have an ant question!

I have an ant farm with Little Black ants but not a queen. can one of the ants become a queen?

Thanx
Zarah

Zarah,

I’m afraid once an ant becomes an adult ant, it can no longer change form or shape. It can’t shed its skin or grow.

Adult worker black ants can not become queens, [...]