Jonathan Romiguier
selfishmeme.bsky.social
Jonathan Romiguier
@selfishmeme.bsky.social
Scientist interested in Ants / Molecular Evolution / Population genomics / Phylogenomics
Messor harvester ants dominate Southern Europe by collecting seeds, turning them into "ant bread"🥖.
But this is not the coolest thing about them: in some species, queens are sperm parasites, as they rely on sperm from other species to produce their workers.
October 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM