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Post by Wood~Ant on Feb 24, 2017 10:23:44 GMT
This surely must be the ultimate best ever photo of an ant drinking water. (Click on this pic to see it larger).  Please feel free to add any good photos to this topic.  |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Feb 24, 2017 11:00:26 GMT
Wood Ants can spray formic acid up to 25 cms high.  |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Feb 24, 2017 11:03:31 GMT
Even ants get tired of walking, but if you have good sisters at hand they will carry you.   |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Feb 24, 2017 11:05:11 GMT
Good communication with fellow members of your own family is a crucial part of ant behaviour, as seen here.  |
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Post by Yama on Apr 21, 2017 12:57:02 GMT
haha loving the photos  |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 22, 2017 6:51:54 GMT
Insect prey is often best dealt with by a group of ants, as we see here worker ants co-operate to overpower a large prey insect such as a scorpion.  Even smaller prey may need several ants to kill it and drag it back to the nest.  ebay image hosting free |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 22, 2017 6:55:59 GMT
Some ants do not make a permanent nest, but use their own living bodies to form a temporary bivouac. Both of these pics show Eciton burchelli (Army Ants) and each colony can reach up to 3 million individual ants, all from just 1 queen.   |
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Post by Zarbi on Apr 22, 2017 7:54:08 GMT
I always find the behaviour of nomadic ants fascinating, as they don't have a nest as they have keep moving to find new foraging grounds and prey.
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Post by Zarbi on Apr 22, 2017 8:08:37 GMT
Honey Pot ants - Myrmecocystus genus.   |
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Post by Zarbi on Apr 22, 2017 8:12:03 GMT
Honey Pot ants (Camponotus inflatus) in Australia.  |
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