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What's the smallest and the biggest ants in the world?


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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 20 2019 - 1:23 AM

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I'm curious on which is the biggest ant and the smallest ant in existence well technically the world

i eat cars for breakfast everynight


#2 Offline Leo - Posted March 20 2019 - 2:04 AM

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Do SoMe ReSeArCh GoDaMmIT



#3 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 20 2019 - 3:57 AM

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Do SoMe ReSeArCh GoDaMmIT


Tbh everybody is so rude like why?

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#4 Offline Leo - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:12 AM

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Do SoMe ReSeArCh GoDaMmIT


Tbh everybody is so rude like why?

 

Because you can't seem to take the time to click on the search bar and type in stuff like "world's smallest ant" or "Odontoponera diet/journal" or "world's largest ant" or "prey items of Odontoponera" or even just to look through other people's journals and recordings.

 

And don't complain "I'm just 13!" Well i'm 13 too.

 

This literally took less than 10 seconds

definitely shorter than the time taken to make a topic. 


Edited by Leo, March 20 2019 - 4:15 AM.

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#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:12 AM

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I will tell you the biggest ant, you go do some research and get the smallest one.


Largest ant: Paraponera clavita

#6 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:16 AM

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i eat cars for breakfast everynight


#7 Offline Leo - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:18 AM

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I will tell you the biggest ant, you go do some research and get the smallest one.


Largest ant: Paraponera clavita

Lmao no its the dorylus ant queen 5cm


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#8 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:19 AM

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I will tell you the biggest ant, you go do some research and get the smallest one.
Largest ant: Paraponera clavita

Lmao no its the dorylus ant queen 5cm
Really? Are you positive!? Looks like my research is out dated.... :lol:

#9 Offline Leo - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:20 AM

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https://phys.org/new...y-colonies.html



#10 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:22 AM

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See? It was quicker than waiting for someone to respond to a forum thread. If I have a question, I ask Google. If Google doesn't know the answer, I ask people on this forum. Then I usually get the right answer.
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#11 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:33 PM

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Isn’t Dinomrymex gigas the largest ant? I know, Leo is gonna say:

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#12 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 20 2019 - 4:37 PM

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#13 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted March 21 2019 - 4:14 AM

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Dinomyrmex gigas is the biggest, I believe.


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#14 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 21 2019 - 4:18 AM

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Nah, they are only 3 cm. Dorylus queens are the biggest at 5 cm. In my opinion that is too large for an ant! Plus it would be hard to find a formicarium for them!




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