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InêsVeloso
InêsVeloso 6 years ago

that's ok xD They were very small ants, maybe 3mm.

ForTheLoveOfAnts
ForTheLoveOfAnts 6 years ago

it is possible they are a species of the campanotus genus, more commonly known as carpenter ants. however, campanotus arent truly polygenous(having multiple Queens) but there are colonys where this does occur. Their abdomen and thorax look very similar to that of many campanotus ants. They could also be a species of formica, myrmica, or maybe solenopsis. how big were the ants?

ForTheLoveOfAnts
ForTheLoveOfAnts 6 years ago

jeeze i had a lot of typos sorry! :)

ForTheLoveOfAnts
ForTheLoveOfAnts 6 years ago

that not tjat

ForTheLoveOfAnts
ForTheLoveOfAnts 6 years ago

tjat narrows it down because if it wasalarge ant free way it means tvdcolony was fairly developed, and since the queen in a developed colony rarely leaves the nest unless absolutely necissary, and since the queen foesnt have a large cohort, it seems likely that the colony has multiple queens which can narrow down the list of species.

InêsVeloso
InêsVeloso 6 years ago

It was a very large ant "freeway". The ants were there passing for about 1 hour and then they just completely disapeared. I also found it to be very interesting.

ForTheLoveOfAnts
ForTheLoveOfAnts 6 years ago

It is interesting to see the queen out with the worker ants. Was this a large ant "freeway" or just a group of them wandering?

connorn0297
connorn0297 6 years ago

Wow

InêsVeloso
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InêsVeloso

Custóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões, Norte, Portugal

Spotted on Jan 22, 2018
Submitted on Jan 22, 2018

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