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Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 8: Silk Weaving

In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. We hope that learning a little about ants will provide cross-species comfort for anxious human readers!

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Image: Alex Wild

UPDATE: A reader sent us the below gif, documenting this behavior!

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2 responses to “Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 8: Silk Weaving”

  1. jonplwhite Avatar
    jonplwhite

    Gotta say, this was one of the most interesting episodes so far. Imagining ants using their own babies to make silk barriers is awesome.

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    1. Benjamin Blanchard Avatar
      Benjamin Blanchard

      Yeah… it’s basically child labor, which we don’t condone for humans, needless to say.

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