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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
Of all the ants I keep only the Eastern Black Carpenters are so committed to going into diapause that they will enter it even if I don't put them in the fridge. The rest of the ants seem inclined to stay up all winter, if at a lower activity level. Maybe because Camponotus pennslyvanicus tends to live in tree trunks that often freeze solid during winter? Or are these other ants more opportunistic?
It's alarming to watch a once voracious colony just stop eating, but girls need to sleep.