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Las colonias nuevas empiezan por fisión: tras un cambio de nido, una parte de las obreras puede marcharse con larvas hembra jóvenes y criar a partir de ellas una reina nueva, y las colonias muy grandes también crían unas pocas reinas nuevas, una de las cuales sale caminando con obreras y cría para fundar un nido nuevo. Por eso las tiendas venden colonias con una reina, obreras y cría, y no reinas sueltas.",{"question":242,"answer":243},"¿Qué pasa si muere la reina de una colonia de Aphaenogaster senilis?","Las obreras pueden criar reinas de reemplazo a partir de larvas jóvenes, hasta cinco a la vez en colonias de laboratorio, y las reinas nuevas luchan hasta que solo queda una. Las obreras huérfanas también ponen huevos sin fecundar, de los que nacen machos. La reina nueva todavía tiene que aparearse, y en las colonias de laboratorio no hubo apareamiento, así que una colonia que pierde a su reina en un formicario cerrado puede no recuperarse.",{"question":245,"answer":246},"¿Cuántas obreras llega a tener una colonia de Aphaenogaster senilis?","En España, las colonias estudiadas en el campo tenían de media unas 1260 obreras, con un rango que iba desde poco más de cien hasta casi 3900. En cautividad, un criador alemán empezó con unas 70 obreras y contó alrededor de mil dos años después, así que cuenta con una colonia de unos pocos miles como máximo, no de decenas de miles.","Obreras delgadas, de patas largas y de un solo tamaño, de un negro mate con finos pelos blanquecinos y un par de espinas cortas en la parte posterior del tórax. 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