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Researchers at Oxford’s Department of Biology theorised that killing off sick larvae before they become infectious could be a strategy used by queens to combat this threat.
Founded queens of the black garden ant ( Lasius niger ) ate 92% of the infected larvae - leaving no remains - but only 6% of control larvae which had not been infected.
The queens who cannibalised their infected larvae went on to lay 55% more eggs than non-cannibalising control queens.
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