Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Queen ants can have lifespan of 20-30 years, and some worker ants can live several years.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down14
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkTIL Queen ants can have lifespan of 20-30 years, and some worker ants can live several years.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoHow do ants survive in frigid northern regions? Do ants survive the winter or is it spring egg hatching?
minus-squareOutsizedWalrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·3 months agoUnderground. Frost line depths vary, but they’re typically not more than a few feet deep. Ants just dig deeper then rely on stored food.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoAnd they usually spend their time moving slowly to conserve energy and wrap themselves in blankets and sit around tiny campfires and tell stories that have been passed down for generations.
minus-squareBeldarofremulak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoTell us about Uncle Antie again! How he saved the tiny oatmeal creme pie children from the scorpion attack!
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agomissed opportunity for auntie antie
minus-squareBeldarofremulak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAntie was a boy in the movie
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agothat doesn’t make it any less of a missed opportunity
How do ants survive in frigid northern regions? Do ants survive the winter or is it spring egg hatching?
Underground.
Frost line depths vary, but they’re typically not more than a few feet deep. Ants just dig deeper then rely on stored food.
And they usually spend their time moving slowly to conserve energy and wrap themselves in blankets and sit around tiny campfires and tell stories that have been passed down for generations.
Tell us about Uncle Antie again! How he saved the tiny oatmeal creme pie children from the scorpion attack!
missed opportunity for auntie antie
Antie was a boy in the movie
that doesn’t make it any less of a missed opportunity