Small ant colony cares for new worker - Eine neue Arbeiterin

One queen and three small workers are now caring for a freshly hatched worker. It is white! I was not sure if it was alive at all! Since it is not moving all the time. But shortly after this video it began to walk.. I don't know what they all do with it. Clean it? Feed it? Move it? Help it to overcome it's "morning tiredness"? They know.

Eine Königin und drei kleine Arbeiterinnen kümmern sich um eine gerade frisch geschlüpfte Arbeiterin. Sie ist weiss! Ich war mir erst nicht sicher, ob sie überhaupt lebt! Weil sie sich gar nicht bewegt hat. Aber kurz nachdem das Video aufgenommen war, krabbelte sie munter herum... Ich weiss nicht genau, was die anderen mit ihr anstellen. Sie säubern? Füttern? Krankengymnastik? Ihr dabei helfen, den Morgenmuffel zu überwinden? Na, sie werden's schon wissen.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• lasius
• cf.
• niger
• sp.
• queen
• caring
• worker
• imago
• hatched
• black
• ant
• nest
• Arbeiterin
• geschlüpft
• Ameisenkolonie
• Gipsnest
• meysel

[NuptialFlight]

By the way, some minutes after taking this video, it was running around and was up and doing.

[jcmegabyte]

Interesting footage. I am not so familiar with ants, but my guess is that the workers are "cleaning" the new one. Many insects are a white or clear color before their exoskeleton hardens. They don't move much because the new, soft exoskelton could be damaged with excessive use/force before it's hardened and ready.

[NuptialFlight]

I didn't know that. I thought, maybe it feels like I feel when I get up in the morning :) and the first moves are a bit hard.

[platoon223]

cool u no im gatting my self a queen ant also