futurebird,
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Three years ago she murdered her sister. Her sister thought they would be queens together but Penta had her own ideas. She has only five legs and nearly 2000 daughters who I manage with a modified vacuum cleaner (it’s an automatic asperator.) I’m almost done moving them into their new nest. It’s been so much work. I’ve only killed four ants so far. Please don’t tell Penta. She is not patient with incompetence.

futurebird,
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"she could not lay as well as me. And with her share of the food I could make more eggs. Even her daughters could see it. They helped my do it! She was foolish and struggled, and now your queen has only five legs. Hopefully you will not be as simple minded if your time comes!"

(I do kinda think she's a little evil)

futurebird,
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Not all ant queens are so murderous. Fire ant queens can be very loving. They sleep in piles like puppies.

This is from a reply to my post about sleeping ants on tumblr.

https://www.tumblr.com/the-crystal-hoard/748609980051210240?source=share

And here is the link to the paper:

https://faculty.utrgv.edu/george.yanev/Papers/JIB_2009.pdf

jeffc,
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@futurebird
She needs something suitably ominous.

O Dread Queen Pentatarsi,
She Who Rules With Chitin Claw,
Warrior-mother, regicide,
Ruler of the underdark,
Power, strength, and food to you,
Pillar of our colony.

(Ancient pheromone chant)

gay_ornithischians,
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@futurebird five legs? that has to be a sign
what does the scholar that wrote on the The Disturbance That Feeds make of this?

box464,
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@futurebird You should write a book about this and slowly give tiny hints that this is about an ant colony, leading to a full reveal in the final chapters. Plot twist!

sashin,
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@futurebird How do you take such great photos of ants?

futurebird,
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@sashin

That photo is the macro mode on my iphone, it's important to have lots of light.

I also use a DSLR with a macro lens for some shots.

futurebird,
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I used to call her "Queen Cersei" But she's too good of a mother for that name. More of a Queen Elizabeth I guess.

justafrog,
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@futurebird I figure most ants are more forgiving than Pica is.

On the other hand, Pica hasn't killed a sister, so maybe I'm wrong?

futurebird,
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@justafrog

She did hate her brother with the fire of 1000 suns. But he was a silly playful cat and never understood that she didn't like him. (which made it all much funnier)

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