I added a live moth larva to the test tube mouth. It started crawling deeper, very slowly. Then the worker "on guard duty" noticed it and approached very carefully. At that point I was expecting it to go bonkers and run back to the queen, but it viciously attacked the larva instead.
That was kind of a surprise, I thought the queen would kill the larva as when the workers are scouting outside the test tube they are wimpy and run off at the slightest disturbance, but inside the test tube it seems they are lions. :)
All that was left by morning was the head of the larva, and an hour later when I went to check it, even that had vanished. I fed them two more larva a day later and they ate that too.
That was kind of a surprise, I thought the queen would kill the larva as when the workers are scouting outside the test tube they are wimpy and run off at the slightest disturbance, but inside the test tube it seems they are lions. :)
All that was left by morning was the head of the larva, and an hour later when I went to check it, even that had vanished. I fed them two more larva a day later and they ate that too.
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