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Mar 17, 2019 14:34:18 #
This is one of the ants that I found while scouting in the woods. I posted a view of its face earlier today. It is very small and I believe from its markings, size, habitat and size of its colony that it is an Argentine Ant which are considered to be an invasive species displacing many of the native ants.
Mar 17, 2019 14:55:26 #
It is a queen. You can see the scars for where its wings were. It definitely looks like an Argentine, but I am not up on that enough to be sure.
Mar 17, 2019 15:07:58 #
Oh Mark, I'm sure you're right because I saw several which were the larger ones that had wings. This is one of the larger ones that was in the mass of ants and there were several of them although 70-80 percent were the much smaller ones in the cluster of ants.
Mar 17, 2019 16:25:07 #
Mar 17, 2019 20:11:26 #
Mar 17, 2019 20:20:52 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Oh Mark, I'm sure you're right because I saw several which were the larger ones that had wings. This is one of the larger ones that was in the mass of ants and there were several of them although 70-80 percent were the much smaller ones in the cluster of ants.
And the rest of the story. Reproductives are often larger than workers.
They have wings. The winged and larger are future queens, maybe males, too?
Bill
Mar 17, 2019 21:56:48 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is one of the ants that I found while scouting in the woods. I posted a view of its face earlier today. It is very small and I believe from its markings, size, habitat and size of its colony that it is an Argentine Ant which are considered to be an invasive species displacing many of the native ants.
These things, I found by looking deeper, have the reputation of being the "worst ant in the world".
Highly invasive and disruptive of native fauna.
Bill
Mar 18, 2019 07:00:45 #
It is interesting to see such detail, cleverly put together insects.
Mar 18, 2019 13:05:25 #
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