Do ants with different nests fight? Two litters of ants fighting is not killing them all

Updated on science 2024-06-02
13 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Yes, because they don't smell the same, so they will clash! They sense scents with their antennae.

    Different nests of ants have a special "nest smell" on their bodies. This "nest taste" is different from the building materials, stored food and secretions of the nest. Every ant has the ability to distinguish the "nest taste".

    Once they find out that the other ants are not members of their own family, they bite and fight, and slowly form a "big war". Interestingly, the ants that are biting and struggling are washed off with water to remove the "nest smell" from their bodies, and then put them together, and after they meet, they go away safely and soundly.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Ants with different nests will fight, because ants are a very organized and disciplined group, and they will never allow invaders to invade their homes.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Do ants with different nests fight? Yes. It doesn't matter what the animal.

    It's not that a litter doesn't fit in. Don't say you buy a pig. You buy another set.

    They don't fit in. Just fight. I'll be back in the next minute.

    This is true for chickens, ducks and geese. Wait, animals. It's all the same.

    It's good to be cooked.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Yes, ants are social animals, different ant areas are different, and they can fight.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Do ants with different nests fight? Yes, because they don't smell the same, so they will clash! They sense scents with their antennae.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    No, put a black ant in another nest and don't fight.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    No, under normal circumstances, ant fights are caused by fighting for food, and they will not fight to the point of life and death.

    The battle of ants is very fierce, and the victory or defeat often depends on the number. Battles between the two sides are seldom wiped out. Once one party senses that the tide is turning, it will flee with the larvae and queen.

    Capture of the nest will also happen. I've seen big-headed ants run away from paving and take over their nests.

    Ants are definitely experts in building, and there are many chambers inside the nest, each of which has its own usefulness. The nest is firm, safe and comfortable, and the roads are well-connected and intricate. There is also a circle of soil outside the nest, and there are some places to store food, which is ventilated, cool, warm in winter and cool in summer, and the food is not easy to spoil.

    Ants are also famous architects in the animal world. They use their jaws to dig holes in the ground and build their nests by carrying sand one by one. The "chamber" of the anthill will remain in its original form unless the soil is severely dried out.

    Ant research expert Walter Chilgel models an anthill. He poured liquid metal, paraffin, or orthodontic plaster into the colony of the invading red fire ants, solidified it, and then dug it out.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    When two nests of ants fight, it is generally enough to divide the winner and loser, and they will not be killed.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Ants fight in swarms because they compete for food, and all ant families live in social groups, generally with four different ant types in a group. Ants establish a group, is through marriage and flight of the two sexes acquaintance as a starting point, after acquaintance at first sight, in flight or after the flight of the tail, the "groom" does not live long, died soon after the tail to leave the "widow" ant queen to live a lonely life.

    Ant: Ant is a kind of insect, also known as ant, Xuanju, kun mayfly, mayfly ant, belonging to the phylum Arthropod, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ant family. There are many species of ants, there are more than 11,700 species known in the world, there are 21 subfamilies and 283 genera, and there are more than 600 species of ants that have been identified in China.

    New species of ants that reproduce asexually have also recently been discovered. Ants have a long lifespan, ranging from a few weeks to 3-10 years for worker ants and several years or even 10 years for queens. An ant nest can grow for several years or even more than ten years in one place.

    It is important to note that termites do not belong to ants.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    After the worker ants of the two nests of ants found food, the two nests fought for the food at the same time, and the worker ants first chased and bit each other, and then called the soldiers in the nest, so a large-scale war broke out.

    In the tropical rainforest area, there is a certain type of ant that enslaves other species of ants as coolies, and this kind of ant is warlike by nature, they rush into other ant nests, bite and kill worker ants and soldier ants, snatch the eggs that have not yet hatched, transport them back to their nests to hatch, and enslave these newborn coarse ants to make them serve themselves. Before that, there is a big battle with the invaded ant colony.

    By grazing "aphids", ants obtain the nectar secreted by the aphids, and this honey is considered a rare delicacy by ants, so there is also the possibility of war.

    For example, the anteater eats ants through the licking of its tongue, and when its tongue enters the ant's nest, the soldier ants will spray formic acid at it." They attack anything they think is a threat to them.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    1. Ants can use smell to distinguish friend from foe, and once they find that they are not from the same family, they will bite and kill them, and slowly form a "big war". In addition, ants' tentacles have many cells that specialize in smelling, and they can distinguish friend and foe by touching the tentacles between them.

    2. After you bathe two ants who are fighting, they will not fight again. It's not because they feel better after bathing and don't want to fight, but if you wash off the different family smells on them, they can't smell different smells, and they will naturally be fine.

    3. If you spray perfume or spice on an ant, then the fate of the ant will be very tragic, as soon as it returns home, it will definitely become the target of attack, it may be expelled, or it may be killed by other ants in the colony.

    4. In addition to smell, ants will also fight for food, territory and some other resources, and powerful ant colonies will bully those weak ant colonies in order to expand their strength, robbing their eggs and food.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Ants can use smell to distinguish friend from foe, and once they find that they are not from the same family, they will bite and kill, and slowly form a big war. In addition, ants have many cells on their tentacles that specialize in smelling, and they can distinguish friend from foe by touching the tentacles.

    If perfume or spice is sprayed on an ant, the fate of the ant will be very tragic, and as soon as it returns home, it will be the target of attack, and it may be expelled or killed by other ants in the colony.

    In addition to smell, ants will also fight for food, territory and some other resources, and powerful ant colonies will bully those weak ant colonies in order to expand their strength, robbing ant eggs and food.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    After the queen dies, the other worker ants (all the worker ants are female) will secrete pheromones from the queen and become the "pseudo-queen". Soldier ants protect workers (pseudoqueens) and kill other odor-emitting workers (pseudoqueens).

    The other pseudo-queens also have their own supportive soldier ants, and then they will fight, and the soldier ants will kill all the "pseudo-queens" who do not smell of themselves, and finally the "pseudo-queens" who leave their own scent will become "queens". The males then fertilize the queen and die. The new queen will enter a new life with her supporters.

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