Crazy nest
Hi, there was a small colony of ants in a container of sand but, no queen. There were 2 different kinds living with each other. 8 were black and 4 were orange. Any idea why they would live together?...
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Why did you move this to keeping ants? It is about a observation I made outside. Insect World's one and only overlord!
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Oops, sorry. I misread it. I thought it was about keeping ants together. I will move it back."The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials...
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Maybe the orange ones were just callow ants. Quite a few species have very different colors (normally much brighter) in the first few hours or days."Live long and prosper."KrisHow about checking out...
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Or, it might have been a fragment of a colony of "slave-maker" ants. See these pictures by Myrmecos, for example:www.myrmecos.net/formicin...eants.html
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No, it was way to small to even think of them. Only 1 inch of soil and ants about 3mm.Insect World's one and only overlord!
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It all comes back to my oft-repeated statement: Until we identify the species involved, it will remain unexplained. So get a few specimens, give a careful description, and we'll see what we can do.
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