The spring, summer, autumn and winter of ants, what do ants do in autumn

The ants of the autumn socks are along the road, and the warm sun and light carry the charming grain. In autumn, the lively and lovely little swallows fly to the south, the birds that are not afraid of the cold begin to store food and build nests, the small fish swim to the depths of the river, the frogs jump into the pond, the cicadas on the trees stop singing, the crickets on the ground stop calling, and the animals are ready to spend the winter.

Autumn, yes"Spring, summer, autumn and winter"One of the four seasons. In our country, it is traditionally based on the 24 solar terms"Beginning of autumn"As a starting point for autumn. Autumn means that rainfall, humidity, etc. tend to drop or decrease, and everything in nature begins to grow from lush to mature.

According to the modern scholar Zhang Baokun's average temperature, the four seasons are divided, and the index is that the period when the average temperature is lower than 10 is winter, the period higher than 22 is summer, and the period of 10 22 is spring and autumn.

In autumn, the ants will carry food in the forest, along the road, and the warm sun and light carry the charming food, in the autumn the cicadas on the trees stop singing, the crickets on the ground do not answer, and the animals are ready for winter. Ants are omnivorous, some species prey on insects, some feed on plant seeds, and some species feed on honeydew secreted by aphids and scale insects; There are also those that specialize in mushrooms. Indoors, ants often eat human food.

Ants have a wide range of diets, and sometimes in order to improve their monotonous diet, in addition to hunting, they can also be raised and grazed in order to improve their nutritional structure. Ants have a sweet tooth, and honey-producing insects are often their guests, especially aphid VIPs, which are the most popular. The tail of the aphid can produce "honeydew", whenever the ant encounters an aphid, it will touch the aphid's belly with its antennae, and immediately release a drop of honeydew, and the ant will enjoy it as if it has obtained a treasure.

When winter comes, the ants transport the aphids to their nests for winter, and then back to the trees in the following spring. This is very similar to the behavior of humans raising livestock and grazing dairy cows. Of course, there is not only one kind of "domestic animal" of ants, but also scale insects, ash insects and small gray butterfly larvae.

Ants communicate by the smell of their secretions, and since they usually live in a nest, this way of communication is better developed than other hymenopteran insects. If an ant finds food, it will leave a scent on the way home, and other ants will follow this route to find food, and constantly strengthen the smell.

In order to hibernate, ants eat a lot of food in the fall to store fat in the oranges, and they do not eat for the rest of the winter. Therefore, the worker ants in the colony in autumn are looking for food almost every day to ensure that each member of the colony can eat enough food to withstand the cold of winter.

Ants are omnivorous, some species prey on insects, some feed on plant seeds, and some species feed on honeydew secreted by aphids and scale insects. There are also those that specialize in mushrooms. Indoors, ants often eat human food.

Ants have a wide range of diets, and sometimes in order to improve the diet of single slow burning, in addition to hunting, they can also be raised and grazed in order to improve the nutritional structure. Ants have a sweet tooth, and aphids, in particular, are the most popular with them.

When winter comes, the ants transport the aphids to their nests for the winter, and then back to the trees in the following spring. This is very similar to the behavior of humans raising livestock and grazing dairy cows.

Four Seasons Management:

1) The temperature in early spring and early spring is low and unstable, so we should always pay attention to the change of temperature, and take appropriate measures to keep warm or increase the temperature in the breeding room to reach more than 15, and stable, to ensure that ants can grow and reproduce normally. In spring, the queen lays a large number of eggs, the larvae and eggs begin to grow and develop, the litter increases, and the consumption of protein feed, energy feed, mineral feed, green feed and water is increasing day by day. If nutrients are deficient, it will affect the development of young ants and directly affect the quality of the colony.

2) In summer, the temperature is high and lasts for a long time, which is prone to pests and diseases, and if the feeding is not good, it will weaken the group and cause a decrease in yield. Strengthen indoor ventilation, shading and cooling can be covered with branches, grass, etc., doors and windows should have sunscreen tools, etc., to ensure that the indoor air is fresh, the temperature is stable, the humidity is appropriate, and create a good living environment for ants. Green fodder is wide, low cost, reasonable allocation of feed ratio, appropriate reduction of energy feed proportion, so that feed is more suitable for ants to eat.

3) After autumn enters autumn, ants with weak populations and poor reproductive ability are harvested in time. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the management of ants with strong colonies and good reproductive ability, leave enough seed sources, and cultivate strong ant colonies, which is conducive to the smooth passage of winter. According to the number of ant colonies, we should store feed to ensure that the feed is sufficient, so that the winter can be safely passed.

4) The temperature in winter is low and lasts for a long time, which affects the normal growth and reproduction of ants. Ants will not freeze to death at -30, but in order to make ants grow and reproduce annually, they can break the habit of hibernation and carry out heating or temperature-controlled breeding. According to the change of outdoor temperature, adjust the temperature and humidity in a timely manner, maintain the temperature above 15, and the indoor humidity between 70% and 80%, feed high-quality feed, and carefully manage to ensure that ants can safely overwinter, and can grow and reproduce rapidly.