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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoAphids are borderline mindless, their chief strategy is simply breeding more aphids. I’ve gleefully spectated ladybugs devouring dozens of aphids, and not a single one responded in any way. Tiny dead idiots.
You might be on the right track, but I’m still struggling.
Honestly was just the first example I could come up with, but the fact remains that a lot of things do consider ants to be harmless because they aren’t, like, hunting those things. Especially other small arthropods.
I’m sure there are some hunting ant species, but most of them aren’t.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
fun fact: aphids are born pregnant (or at least they can be)
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Moreover, they can give birth to live young. Live young that are, as you said, pregnant. My loathing for these parthenogenic little fucks cannot be overstated.